BCC CG17 Early Samaritan, Late Roman Oil Lamp

Early Samaritan Terracotta Oil Lamp
Caesarea Maritima
Late Roman 300-500 CE
Early Samaritan style terracotta oil lamp,
Adler type S1, Knell type RSP9. Moulded,
with a round body, irregular filler hole, and
small star-shaped pyramidal handle. The
nozzle is wide and short, with concave sides,
and a "ladder" design across it consisting of
seven short parallel lines, plus two curved lines
tracing the transition to the body. The shoulders
are decorated in relief with single pellets surrounded
by double concentric circles. Five of these are
placed toward the nozzle with an additional one
on either side of the handle for a total of seven.
The bottom of the lamp is plain with a low ring
for a base. The discus may have been "broken
after purchase, probably since a closed lamp did
not receive impurity". "In some lamps of this type
the discus was not broken and no traces of use
were found on the nozzle".
Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.7 x 2.7cm. Weight: 48.56gm.
Cf. Adler, 714 (Type S1), Kennedy Type 14
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1972
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