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ANCIENT CLAY OIL LAMP FROM ISREAL

Currency:CAD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2.00 CAD
ANCIENT CLAY OIL LAMP FROM ISREAL
SOLD
6.00CAD+ (0.48) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 May 12 @ 19:30UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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The Buyer's Premium is only 5%. We accept EMT's for payment saving you the 3% credit card fee. If you register for the sale with credit as your preferred method of payment, then send EMT instead, we will not be able to refund the difference.
NOTE: 2.5 x 4in

CLAY OIL LAMPS PROVIDED LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE HOLY LAND. OIL LAMPS WERE SIMPLE, UTILITARIAN VESSELS, TYPICALLY SMALL ENOUGH TO HOLD IN ONE HAND. THEY HAD THEIR ORIGINS IN SIMPLE BOWLS FILLED WITH OIL. ONE END OF A WICK WOULD BE PLACED IN THE OIL, AND THE OTHER END WOULD BE LIT WITH A FLAME. OVER TIME, POTTERS BEGAN PINCHING ONE OR MORE SIDES OF THE BOWL TO CRATE A SECURE PLACE FOR THE WICK TO REST.

*SELLER HAS TAKEN REASONABLE STEPS TO ENSURE ACCURACY OF LISTING BUT DOES NOT CLAIM PROVENANCE