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Clay oil lamp with two nozzles 37 BC-30 AD Catalog:Oil Lamps:Jewish: stock #790769 Unique Herodian Clay Oil Lamp with a soot-blackened nozzles, wide filling hole, a spatulated nozzles and a flat bottom. Clay Oil Lamp with two nozzles 37 BC-30 A.D. Early Herodian 37 BC - 30 AD. Very Good Condition Found in the Holy Land Measures 12.2 cm long, 9.2 cm wide, and 3.8 cm high The Old Testament Hebrew word for lamp is "ner" and in the New Testament the Greek word for lamp is "lychnos" or "lampas ********* Comment: Herodian lamps were made on a potter's wheel, so with careful inspection one can usually see circular striations in the clay. The potter obliterated most of the striations when he rubbed the bottom and sides of the lamp to burnish it and close the pores. However, the potter could not burnish the interior of the lamp, so a spiral design can often be seen in the floor of the lamp as viewed through the filling hole. More minute circular striations can be found on the shoulders and on the rim and ledge around the filling hole of Herodian lamps. Nautical archaeologist Shelley Wachsmann found a Herodian oil lamp in association with the 1st century Sea of Galilee fishing boat that he excavated in 1986. Negev and Gibson remark, "This find is important because it indicates that clay lamps were a part of working on the Sea of Galilee. It further suggests that fishermen had worked in the early morning and in the evenings when lighting would have been necessary." See Matthew 5:4-5 and John 21:3 for gospel accounts of night fishing. ********* Scriptures Job 18:6 The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out. Psalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. Proverbs 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked will be put out. ********* Price Including : 1- Shipping " one week delivery " 2- Plexiglas stand 3- Export Approval from the Antiquities Authority in Israel 4- certificate of authenticity. Bibliography:. 1-Let There Be Light – Oil-Lamps from the Holy Land . 2-Light and Life. Christian Oil Lamps of the Holy Land.. 3-Qedem 8 , Ancient Lamps ,the Hebrew university of Jerusalem. 4-Holy Land Pottery at the Time of Jesus. 5- Oil Lamps of the Holy Land - Bible Lands Museum. |
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