Description
Pottery oil lamp, Byzantine - Islamic transitional Era. Circa 600-750 AD. The clay oil lamp features a spiked handle and a double ridge around the fill hole, it rests on a slightly raised circular base. Decorated with radiating vertical strokes. Most likely produced during the early decades of Islamic (Ummayad Dynasty) rule. They were no doubt used in Christian contexts.
Dimensions: 3 3/8" L x 2 1/2" W x 1 1/2" H
Provenance: Palesine, Middle East
Age: Circa 750 AD
Type: Actual item-one only
