Late Roman Pottery Oil Lamp, Holy Land, 400-450 AD - $65 - (Wilmington, NC)

Late Roman Pottery Oil Lamp, Levant, 400-450 ADCULTURE/REGION OF ORIGIN: Late Roman Syria or Palestine DATE: 400 - 450 AD DIMENSIONS: 9.9 cm (3.89 in.) longDESCRIPTION: The Late Roman period pottery oil lamp is formed of pink clay with possible remains of a reddish slip on the surface, and is piriform in shape with a slightly elongated handle. It features a repeating chevron decoration on the shoulders and quadrangular geometric decoration at the center of the flat oval base. It is intact but for some minor surface flaking. A fine example of the type.PROVENANCE: Formerly in a Colorado private collection, assembled by a United Nations staffer while working in the Middle East in the mid-1960s, thence by descent to the most recent owner.COMPARISONS: See the RomQ Reference Collection online, Reference BSP9 (http://www.romulus2.com/lamps/database/lamp.php?125).FIND THIS ITEM HERE: https://www.etsy.com/listing/484504517/late-roman-pottery-oil-lamp-levant-400?ref=shop_home_active_10

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