3 Pottery-oil lamps + pack of 50 organic cotton wicks
Holy Land
New Item-reproduction

1. Iron age lamp with single-wick spout/Bowl with one side deeply pinched. Wheel - made.
Projecting flat rim. Bottom: String-cut disc base.
925-586 BCE
Dimensions: L app. 4"/10c"m, W app. 4"/10c"m, H app 1.5"/4c"m
This type of lamp is typical of lamps from the Kingdom of Judah.

2. Herodian single-nozzle lamp, Wheel- made.
Top: Round body, rim around filling hole. The rim ledge and the sloping shoulders are separated by a
well-defined ridge. Spatulated nozzle. Bottom: Curved.
37 BCE-70CE
Dimensions: L app. 4"/10c"m, W app. 3"/8c"m, H app 1.5"/4c"m

3. Hellenistic period lamp, 332-37 BCE
Dimensions: L app. 4"/10c"m, W app. 3"/8c"m, H app 1.75"/5c"m

These pottery Oil lamps of clay are made by potter experts That pass their knowledge and skills from one generation to the next. The style is authentic and fundamental.

Color: can vary from Beige to Brown to Dark brown- Reddish- etc., depends.....

You can feel the material and clay grains of the Pottery& almost feel the hand of the potter making it.
*in the back/base can be some signs & scratches since its hand made & material is raff.
*Take in amount that this is a reproduction of an Archeological found! meaning some elements that can look to you as a defect is actually not, its the way & condition it was found and this is a reproduction/a copy.

Some History....

Oil Candles appeared anywhere in person: at home, in the street, theatre, Temple, Church, monastery, in waiting. Oil lamps were used also include protecting seafarers who were handling of their days and nights. Extensive use of the public activities of the Greeks had candles and the Romans. The Roman and Byzantine periods (1st-7th CE). From this period there are literary evidence that other objects have a Maor, such as a Cup, Bowl and binding cord around the nut.

With building great dimensions are a very common tool oil candle to illuminate the large spaces. In the beginning, when the missing root candle, could exert on Yes or placed in the wall. With time and can handle base candle were placed anywhere or to stand around. An integral part of the candle was ready to which it was assigned to raise and distributing. Classical art honest are subject as a man find the lampstand. From the Roman period (first century before ??"?) and transferred more candles.
Other lighting tools were hang from the ceiling like a chandelier.

Great useful items from the holy land.
LightLamps