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    Oil lamp - Wikipedia

    An oil lamp is a lamp used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source. The use of oil lamps began thousands of years ago and continues to this day, although their use is less common in modern times. They work in the same way as a candle but with fuel that is liquid at room … See more

    The following are the main external parts of a terra-cotta lamp:
    Shoulder Pouring hole The hole through which fuel is put inside the fuel chamber. The width generally … See more

    Lamps can be categorized based on different criteria, including material (clay, silver, bronze, gold, stone, slip), shape, structure, design, and imagery (e.g. symbolic, religious, mythological, erotic, battles, hunting).
    Typologically, … See more

    Land of Israel/Palestine region
    Jerusalem oil lamp: The clay has a characteristic black color because it was burned without oxygen. Usually of high quality. See more

    Judaism
    Lamps appear in the Torah and other Jewish sources as a symbol of "lighting" the way for the … See more

    Curved stone lamps were found in places dated to the 10th millennium BC (Mesolithic, Middle Stone Age Period, c. 10,300–8000 BC). The oldest stone-oil lamp was found in See more

    When the Big Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, was built 1010 AD, there were elaborate measures taken to provide lighting for the … See more

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  2. How to Identify an Antique Oil Lamp - Hunker

    Oct 14, 2021 · It's easy to confuse antique styled oil lamps with genuine antique oil lamps. There are several things to keep an eye out, such as specific style for each century, and if fixtures are glued on, or attached to each other with plaster.

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  4. Marine Oil Lamps: A Traditional Look - Dengarden

  5. The Changing Shape of Ancient Oil Lamps: A …

    These drawings show common types for each period in two views: from the top and from the side. The lamps are all drawn to the same scale, so a size comparison of characteristic lamps of each period is presented.

  6. Ancient Oil Lamps, Archeology and Anthropology ...

  7. Description and History of Oil Lamps | Milwaukee …

    A lamp is a device that holds and burns fuel, typically oil, as a means of producing light. Although oil lamps have taken on a variety of shapes and sizes throughout history, the basic required components are a wick, fuel, a reservoir …

  8. The Oil Lamp -- Great Inventions - Edinformatics

    An oil lamp is a simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a fuel source. The history of oil lamps extends for about 10,000 years, from prehistory to as late as the 19th century, or even until now in some rural …

  9. Oil Lamp Typology - Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of …

    Oil Lamp. 6th – 7th c. CE. In the Roman period, potters made oil lamps by pressing wet clay into two, then joining the top and bottom halves at the seam. The lopsided nozzle and clearly visible seam tell us that the potter didn’t quite …

  10. oil-lamp - British Museum

    oil-lamp. Museum number. 1982,0108.1. Description. Oil lamp; brass, with cylindrical glass flame-shield over which the shade is passed; the shade, formed of a flat sheet of brass, scalloped along the lower edge and riveted at its …