4th-6th century AD. A Christian ceramic oil lamp, sub-triangular in shape, large circular filling hole with raised lip and shallow channel at base; round mouth; basal ring; the lamp features a raised cross fourchée on its shoulder between the filling hole and mouth, and raised Greek(?) lettering around the shoulder which reads: May the light of Christ shine on you”. Cf. Rosenthal, R. & Sivan, R., Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection, 1981, items 491-495. 76 grams, 10cm (4"). From an important collection of lamps, acquired in the 1970s.