{"id":7721,"date":"2021-09-02T08:29:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T12:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?p=7721"},"modified":"2024-06-26T12:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:22:50","slug":"middle-eastern-oil-lamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2021\/09\/middle-eastern-oil-lamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Eastern Oil Lamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7724\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2021\/09\/AOTM-Oil-Lamp-web2.jpg\" alt=\"oil lamp\" width=\"352\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2021\/09\/AOTM-Oil-Lamp-web2.jpg 352w, https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2021\/09\/AOTM-Oil-Lamp-web2-177x300.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/>Although we do not know its specific place of origin, this oil lamp is a typical product of the Late Antique eastern Mediterranean or Middle East.\u00a0 It dates to between the 4th and 7th century CE.\u00a0 It is about four inches long and would easily fit in your hand.\u00a0 To use the oil lamp, oil was poured in the main compartment through the larger central hole.\u00a0 The nozzle originally held a cloth or rope wick.\u00a0 The charring and abrasion around the nozzle on this lamp show that it was used.<\/p>\n<p>Oil lamps had many uses in the ancient world.\u00a0 They were an everyday source of portable light, similar to a candle or flashlight. They were also used in a variety of religious ceremonies.\u00a0 Archaeologists often find oil lamps like this one in ancient graves.\u00a0 During funeral rites, the bereaved placed them in burials the same way people now put flowers on gravestones.<\/p>\n<p>Ancient oil lamps like this one were made by pressing wet clay into two carved-stone molds, then joining the top and bottom halves before firing the piece.\u00a0 Lamps frequently bear decorative stamp designs that were carved into the stone molds.\u00a0 Potters often copied the decor on imported pieces, which helped to transmit common motifs like the dot-rosette base and palm-leaf handle shown here throughout the Mediterranean world.<\/p>\n<p>This lamp is featured in the virtual exhibit <a href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/virtual\/the-private-lives-of-pots\/\"><em>The Private Lives of Pots<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Research for this post was completed by David Mulder (\u201920) who curated the exhibit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although we do not know its specific place of origin, this oil lamp is a typical product of the Late Antique eastern Mediterranean or Middle East.\u00a0 It dates to between the 4th and 7th century CE.\u00a0 It is about four inches long and would easily [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"overlay_title":false,"hide_featured_image_post":false,"wfu_hide_page_title":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artifacts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Middle Eastern Oil Lamp - Timothy S. 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