National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Lamp Full-sized
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Pottery
Site: Caesarea
Description: Exceptionally large, almond-shaped lamp made of brownish-red clay. The walls of the lamp are decorated with medallions carrying whorls with stalks of grains on the nozzle. The lamp is identified by the large amount of oil it could contains. .
Bibliography:
Arnon, Y.D. 2008. Caesarea Maritima, the Late Periods (700-1291 CE). Oxford, 14-15, Fig. 7.

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Lamp Full-sized  
Photographer :Yolovitch Yael

Lamp Full-sized  
Photographer :Yolovitch Yael




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