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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26144621, member: 92212&quot;][USER=89798]@kountryken[/USER]&nbsp; Thanks for sharing your oil lamps!&nbsp; Love &#039;em! I have several... but not enough ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>Two &quot;FYI&quot; tidbits in case you don&#039;t already know...</p><p>...The 1st one you posted (&quot;pinched bowl&quot; type) is freqently referred to as a Maccabean Lamp and/or Hasmonean Lamp.&nbsp; A few call it a &quot;cocked hat&quot; type.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>...The 2nd one you posted (with Ike) is commonly called &quot;Herodian Type&quot;.&nbsp; A key characteristic of the type is the wick hole (nozzle): (a) Nozzle has a larger hole for the wick than most lamps of that place and time; (b) Nozzle is somewhat triangular in shape and flattened on top.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below I&#039;m holding an example of each type (purposely using my display case as a background):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1669295[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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