Oil lamp, unknown Palestinian workshop. Oval lamp with conical handle. Large olive opening occupying almost entire disc. Arms decorated with branches. Burner channel and wick opening bounded by a convex shaft; channel decorated with a six-leafed palm branch interpreted in Byzantine Jerusalem workshops as a schematic menorah. Oval ring-shaped base decorated in the center with a six-pointed star Magen David / Seal of Solomon. Outside the ring-shaped base are three symmetrically spread palm branches menorahs. Entire lamp was mold-impressed. 7th–8th century, Syro-Palestine. Oil lamp; height 3.4 cm, length 10.8 cm, width 6.9 cm. Arabic; Islamic art; palm branches and star iconography., A small shallow dish-like object sits on a reflective surface, showing a worn, irregular rim and a raised spout-like projection at one edge; the object appears textured with carved or molded linear patterns along its side and uneven indentations on its top. The visible colors are beige, tan, light brown, gray...
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Oil lamp, unknown Palestinian workshop. Oval lamp with conical handle. Large olive opening occupying almost entire disc. Arms decorated with branches. Burner channel and wick opening bounded by a convex shaft; channel decorated with a six-leafed palm branch interpreted in Byzantine Jerusalem workshops as a schematic menorah. Oval ring-shaped base decorated in the center with a six-pointed star Magen David / Seal of Solomon. Outside the ring-shaped base are three symmetrically spread palm branches menorahs. Entire lamp was mold-impressed. 7th–8th century, Syro-Palestine. Oil lamp; height 3.4 cm, length 10.8 cm, width 6.9 cm. Arabic; Islamic art; palm branches and star iconography., A small shallow dish-like object sits on a reflective surface, showing a worn, irregular rim and a raised spout-like projection at one edge; the object appears textured with carved or molded linear patterns along its side and uneven indentations on its top. The visible colors are beige, tan, light brown, gray, and a few darker brown spots, with the reflection beneath showing softened versions of those same colors.

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Oil lamp unknown Palestinian workshop Oval lamp conical handle Large olive opening occupying almost entire disc Arms decorated branches Burner channel wick opening bounded convex shaft channel decorated six-leafed palm branch interpreted Byzantine Jerusalem workshops schematic menorah Oval ring-shaped base decorated center six-pointed star Magen David Seal Solomon Outside ring-shaped base three symmetrically spread palm branches menorahs Entire lamp was mold-impressed 7th–8th century Syro-Palestine height 3.4 cm length 10.8 cm width 6.9 cm Arabic Islamic art palm branches star iconography small shallow dish- object sits reflective surface showing worn irregular rim raised spout- projection edge object textured carved molded linear patterns side uneven indentations top visible colors beige tan light brown gray darker brown spots reflection beneath softened versions colors.

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