ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Oil Lamp
Place ExcavatedCaesarea, Israel, Asia
CultureByzantine
PeriodByzantine Period
Datelate 4th-7th Century CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineLink Marine Expedition, 1960
Dimensions2 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 4 in. (7 x 3.8 x 10.1 cm)
Object number1960.024
Label TextMold-made pear-shaped lamp with ring base and wide filling-hole with raised rim. The filling-hole is encircled by another raised ring, which joins the central stem of a six-armed "candlestick" decorating the nozzle. The wick hole is also surrounded by a raised rim. Raised oblique ridges along the shoulder.So-called slipper shaped or candlestick lamps of this type were produced locally and are typical of the Byzantine period. A small number of examples have been 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 viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
late 4th - 7th Century CE
70-135 CE
last third of the 1st-3rd Century CE
1st Century CE
1st Century CE
1st Century CE
late 6th Century BCE
late 11th-late 13th Century
2500-1600 BCE
2500-1600 BCE
1st Century CE
