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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Oil Lamp
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Oil Lamp

Place ExcavatedCaesarea, Israel, Asia
CultureRoman
Date1st Century CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineLink Marine Expedition, 1960
Dimensions1 15/16 x 1 1/2 x 3 in. (4.9 x 3.8 x 7.6 cm)
Object number1960.023
Label TextWheel-made lamp with round body, wide filling hole with incised rim, and narrow nozzle. 'Herodian' or 'knife-pared' lamps of this type were made across Judaea from the period of Herod the Great (r. 37-4 BCE) until the mid second century CE. They are one of the most common lamp types excavated at Caesarea.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - 2013
ProvenanceExcavated by Link Marine Expedition, Israel, 1960.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
70-135 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
70-135 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
last third of the 1st-3rd Century CE
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1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
late 4th-7th Century CE
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late 4th - 7th Century CE
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1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
late 19th-early 20th Century
© Bruce M. White, 2007.
15th Century
© Bruce M. White, 2005.
1st Century CE
© Bruce M. White, 2009.
late 6th Century BCE
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2300-2000 BCE