Description
Menorah & Star of David Oil Lamp Pottery-oil lamp + Free pack of 50 Cotton Wicks Made of Clay This pottery of clay is made by potter experts That pass their knowledge & skills from one generation to the next. The style is authentic & fundamental. This Reproduction of Ancient oil lamp have 1 opening: 1. opening in the top 0.5"app diameter where you pour the oil & the small opening in front where you put the wick. Olive oil is the best to use but you can also use aromatic oil. Total size from handle to front: app5" Hight: app 3" Color: Brown-Red You can feel the material & clay grains of the Pottery& almost feel the hand of the potter making it. in the back/base there are some signs & scratches since it's hand made & material is raff. Take in amount that this is a reproduction of an Archeological found! meaning some elements that can look to you as a defect is actually not, it's the way & condition it was found & this is a reproduction/a copy. Great useful item from the holy land. Some History.... With building great dimensions are a very common tool oil candle to illuminate the large spaces. in the beginning, when the missing root candle, could exert on Yes or placed in the wall. With time & can handle base candle were placed anywhere or to stand around. An integral part of the candle was ready to which it was assigned to raise & distributing. Classical art honest are subject as a man find the lampstand. From the Roman period (first century before סה"נ) & transferred more candles from her mouth. Other lighting tools were hang from the ceiling like a chandelier. Candle appeared anywhere in person: at home, in the street, theatre, Temple, Church, monastery, in waiting. Oil lamps were used also include protecting seafarers who were handling of their days & nights. Extensive use of the public activities of the Greeks had candles & the Romans. The Roman & Byzantine periods (1st-7th CE), we find a lot of metal, made by vmazchochit. From this period there are literary evidence that other objects have a Maor, such as a Cup, Bowl & binding cord around the nut. Vaaislmit Roman, Byzantine periods appear vhritot addresses them with oil candles. These probably represent hritot characters, appear in the ה־ה century at סה"נ. variety were address; First was that the Potter name or legal workshop & a blessing. The Roman custom was to give a greeting at the top of the topic this year & that blessing candles adorn custom source. in the Byzantine period carried candles hshomroniim verses from the Torah & the Arab writing appears as Islamic or chaitor. The written word is in the past, as today, a magic power & that it was the intention of the individual letters & addresses appearing on the candles. Oil candle is made from a material reservoir combustion vmptil שינק the burning material was also confronting. The candle, like all combustion, require a continuous supply of air as well. As combustion were used vegetable oils, oils from the Earth, such as
