Ancient Oil Lamp 2 Fish & a Cross oil lamp Handmade in Israel Holy Land New Item-reproduction 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 0.7app 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 2 Color: Brown-Red, rough, might be little sandy. 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 ) & 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 century at . 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 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,