A Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp 5th-7th Century C.E.

with long nozzle and swivel lid attached by an iron pin, a square mortise underneath the foot ring for attachment to a stand,  the handle in the form of a menorah flanked by a lulav, etrog, and shofar.

Private collection, formed prior to World War I
Examined by Joseph Ternbach, 1976
Robert Hecht, New York

Knoxville, The Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tenneessee, Sacred Beauty: a Millennium of Religious Art, 600-1600, September 2007-January 2008, p. 25, illustrated
New York, Robert E. Hecht, A Collection of Sacred Objects from a 6th Century Diaspora Synagogue

Minor chips and abrasions. The lid is askew as shown and cannot be readjusted without breaking the apparently ancient iron pin. NY MJS 04-14 painted on bottom.
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