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Early Bronze Oil Lamp - Very Good Condition - Height 6cm - This is an early Bronze Age oil lamp from the period 3300 - 2000BC. This lamp used 4 wicks in an attempt to create a ore practcal lamp that gave off more light. However this style of lamp was short lived in comparison to the single pinch lamps that were to follow. It is thought its origins are in Mesopotamia and used fish oil or animal fats to fuel the flames.
This lamp has found in Israel (jerusalem) and is not available anywhere else in the world.
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