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Late Roman - Byzantine, North Africa, Carthage, Pottery Oil Lamp With Leaping Lion, 5th Century A.D.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Late| |Roman| |-| |Byzantine,| |North| |Africa,| |Carthage,| |Pottery| |Oil| |Lamp| |With| |Leaping| |Lion,| |5th| |Century| |A.D.|
AL23898. Pottery Oil lamp, cf. Ennabli p. 87 & pl. XIV, 290 (very similar, palmettes vice squares and circles); Louvre Lamps p. 109, 89; 14 cm (5 1/2") long, Choice, complete and intact, slip worn, 5th century A.D.; mold made, red clay with cream slip, lion leaping right, stretching from wick hole across channel and discuss toward handle, shoulder decorated with alternating pattern of ornate concentric squares and heart-shapes, with concentric circle on each side at the nozzle end, two fill holes, lug handle, raised ring base, concentric circles mark on bottom; ex Griffin Gallery of Ancient Art (Boca Raton FL); SOLD


Egyptian, Coptic, Wood Hair Comb, 6th - 7th Century A.D.

|Egyptian| |Antiquities|, |Egyptian,| |Coptic,| |Wood| |Hair| |Comb,| |6th| |-| |7th| |Century| |A.D.|
AB31029. Wooden comb; cf. Petrie, Objects of Daily Use, 47 - 51; length 22 cm (8 5/8"), width 7.3 cm (2 7/8"), ornamented with circular geometric patterns; warped, missing some teeth; SOLD


Late Roman - Byzantine, North Africa, Terracotta Oil Lamp With Leaping Lion, 4th Century A.D.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Late| |Roman| |-| |Byzantine,| |North| |Africa,| |Terracotta| |Oil| |Lamp| |With| |Leaping| |Lion,| |4th| |Century| |A.D.|
AL23909. cf. Goethert p. 167, fig. 107 (herringbone vice oblique fluted); Anawati p. 73, C223 (lion right, loop handle); 12 cm (4 5/8") long, Superb, choice and intact, mold made, orange clay, ovoid body merged into conical, nozzle, concave disk with lion leaping transversely to left, two filling holes, one above and one below lion, disk connected to concave channel on top of nozzle, big wick hole, narrow fluted band of incised oblique lines on each side above broad sloping shoulder, lug handle, concave base with maker's mark; ex Griffin Gallery of Ancient Art (Boca Raton FL); SOLD


Late Roman - Byzantine, Syria-Palestina, Beit Natif Style Ovoid Lamp, 3rd - 5th Century A.D.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Late| |Roman| |-| |Byzantine,| |Syria-Palestina,| |Beit| |Natif| |Style| |Ovoid| |Lamp,| |3rd| |-| |5th| |Century| |A.D.|
Beit Natif lamps are named after the site where a workshop for the type was found during excavation of two cisterns in the southern part of Judea. The type was imitated throughout Israel. This specimen is a "Northern" imitation. The fine buff clay and red slip "carelessly splashed" on the upper half were for centuries characteristic of a workshop in Gerasa (modern Jerash, Jordan), where we believe this lamp was likely made. See our Beit Nattif| Lamps| page in NumisWiki.
AL78100. Gerasa(?), Northern Beit Natif Style Ovoid Lamp, Adler 4.3, BN.1, 489; Warschaw -; Qedem 8 -, Superb condition, soot on nozzle, red slip worn on high points, 8.2cm (3 1/4") long, 5.6cm (2 1/4") wide, 2.9cm (1 1/8") high, 3rd - 5th Century A.D.; mold made, fine buff clay, red slip "carelessly splashed" on the upper half, large filling hole with high rim surrounded by a thin band, palm wreath band around shoulders, pyramidal shaped handle ornamented with lines, slightly pinched nozzle with round tip, two rope bands between two thin lines across nozzle separating wick hole from body, ring base with center pellet; ex Bruce Munday (Australia, 2017); SOLD


Early Christian, Late Roman, Antioch, Syria, Pottery Oil Lamp, 5th - 6th Century A.D.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Early| |Christian,| |Late| |Roman,| |Antioch,| |Syria,| |Pottery| |Oil| |Lamp,| |5th| |-| |6th| |Century| |A.D.|
AL34421. Christian oil lamp; cf. Anawati C275 (very similar but different discus/shoulder ornamentation); 10.2 cm (4") long, Choice - Superb, buff with red-orange slip, flat high-handle ornamented with cross inside round border of a band of dots between concentric circles, steep shoulders, ridge around discus and nozzle forming channel, geometric dot in crescent design on shoulders; very rare; SOLD


Christian, Late Roman - Early Byzantine, Antioch, Syria, Pottery Oil Lamp, Second Half of 4th - 5th Century A.D.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Christian,| |Late| |Roman| |-| |Early| |Byzantine,| |Antioch,| |Syria,| |Pottery| |Oil| |Lamp,| |Second| |Half| |of| |4th| |-| |5th| |Century| |A.D.|
V. Tzaferis has shown that depiction of the cross, in any form, began in the middle of the 4th century. This lamp is among the earliest examples of the cross used as a Christian symbol.

Lamps with similar ornamentation, but quite different in overall and obviously from a different workshop (Palestinian), were found in a tomb at Ein Yabrud (central West Bank, 7 km northeast of Ramallah) with a gold coin of Constantine.

AL34544. Christian oil lamp; 7.9 cm (3") long; cf. Adler 907 and Schloessinger 453 ff. (Ein Yabrud, different shape, etc. but certainly same period), Choice, buff terracotta, piriform shape, cross on nozzle with single raised band above, tongue handle, double molding around fill hole, radial design on shoulder, sharp carination with slight rim, raised base ring; rare; SOLD


Roman - Byzantine, Italy, Bronze Acorn Steelyard Pendant Weight (280.7g), c. 1st to 7th century A.D.

|Weights| |&| |Scales|, |Roman| |-| |Byzantine,| |Italy,| |Bronze| |Acorn| |Steelyard| |Pendant| |Weight| |(280.7g),| |c.| |1st| |to| |7th| |century| |A.D.||weight|
Steelyards with acorn shaped counterweights were in use from the 1st century A.D. to the late Roman and Byzantine times. This weight is close to a very light Byzantine pound (285g) (cf. Ballance et al. 1989, 134). See Waclawik, M. "A bronze steelyard with an acorn-shaped counterweight from the Paphos Agora" in Studies in Art and Civilization 20 (Krakow, 2016) (PDF Available) for a similar but larger (405.5g) acorn weight and steelyard. The article notes that another similar scale and acorn weight was found at Pompeii.
LT96147. Bronze weight, Romano-Byzantine acorn steelyard pendant weight, cf. BnF Bronzes 1277, part of loop missing otherwise complete and intact, light corrosion, light encrustation, 280.7g, 62mm tall, 33mm maximum diameter; SOLD


Late Roman - Early Byzantine, Antioch, Syria, Pottery Oil Lamp, 5th - 6th Century A.D.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Late| |Roman| |-| |Early| |Byzantine,| |Antioch,| |Syria,| |Pottery| |Oil| |Lamp,| |5th| |-| |6th| |Century| |A.D.|
The Warschaw Collection (Israel Museum, Jerusalem) lamp referenced has a male head and is a different shape but, like or lamp, the back of the head is on the reverse of the handle. In addition, the Warschaw lamp has the same type of decoration on the base. The two lamps are perhaps from the same Antiochian workshop.

Describing a similar lamp, the Nakayama Collection website notes, "It is said, but not proven, that it depicts the face of the Virgin Mary."
AL34531. High-handle oil lamp; cf. Anawati C270, Warschaw 474 (male head), Choice, 10.8 cm (4 1/4") long; red clay with white slip, mold made, high handle decorated with facing female head wearing earrings, back of head with long hair on the reverse side of the handle, bottom ornamented with four pellets in circles; SOLD


Late Roman, Holyland (Syria Palaestina), Christian Cross Oil Lamp, c. 350 - 500 A.D.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Late| |Roman,| |Holyland| |(Syria| |Palaestina),| |Christian| |Cross| |Oil| |Lamp,| |c.| |350| |-| |500| |A.D.|
An important early Christian relic! Because of the cross, this type of lamp is dated after 350 A.D. The cross was only adopted as a Christian symbol after Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, found the True Cross in Jerusalem. The cross on this lamp is among the earliest Christian crosses produced. Similar lamps were made with a palm or menorah on the nozzle for the makers' Jewish customers. Both types were continued to be produced after 500 A.D. but the later lamps are larger.
AL93886. Small Christian Cross Oil Lamp; cf. Menzel 655, Schloessinger 453 ff., Bailey BMC III Q2337; 8.2 cm (3 1/3") long, Choice, complete and intact, minor bumps, minor earthen encrustations (visible in photos), c. 350 - 500 A.D.; pink-buff light clay, tear drop shape from above, no handle, decorative radiating pattern, cross on the nozzle, ring base; SOLD


Byzantine, Holyland (Syria Palaestina), Large "Candlestick" Oil Lamp, c. 480 - 800 A.D.

|Oil| |Lamps|, |Byzantine,| |Holyland| |(Syria| |Palaestina),| |Large| |"Candlestick"| |Oil| |Lamp,| |c.| |480| |-| |800| |A.D.|
The pattern on the nozzle, branches issuing from a central ridge, is often called a "candlestick," meaning it is a representation of the menorah. This is the most menorah-like variation with the "candlestick" on a "tripod" base. Some authorities believe it is a palm branch and it is sometimes indecisively called a a palm-menorah. The strongest evidence that the palm-menorah actually is a menorah is a variation of this lamp with a cross on the nozzle. This suggests that Jews and Christians used the same type of lamp, differentiated only by their respective religious symbol, a phenomenon also encountered on North African Red-Slip Lamps. The type is found across Israel but most commonly in Jerusalem and within 50 kilometers of Jerusalem. See our |Candlestick |Lamps page in NumisWiki.
AL78085. Large "Candlestick" Oil Lamp with "tripod" base; Adler type BYZ.2, cf. Adler 924; Sussman Late 1632; Bailey BMC II Q2332; Qedem 8 48, Superb, light deposits, soot on the nozzle, 10.0cm (4") long, 6.4cm (2 1/2") wide, 3.4cm (1 3/8") tall, c. 480 - 800 A.D.; pink-buff light clay, chalk inclusions, tear drop shape from above, no handle, double rim around filling hole, decorative radiating pattern around shoulder, nozzle ornamented with six branches curving upward and two downward from a central ridge (menorah with a tripod base?), ring base; ex Amphora Coins (David Hendin) with his photo-authenticity receipt (2 Feb 2018), noting, "A local oil lamp found in Israel, purchase by me in Jerusalem more than 20 years ago from a licensed dealer."; SOLD




  




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