Ancient Egyptian Oil Lamps for Sale
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*Frogs were a common theme on Egyptian lamps, as they were sacred to the Ancient Egyptians… when the frogs came this meant that the Nile was flooding and soon the crops would be irrigated. A season without frogs meant agricultural devastation, so lighting these lamps was thought to be an offering to the frogs, bringing upon a good and bountiful harvest.

All my Egyptian artifacts were legally exported from Egypt prior to the 1970 UNESCO treaty, and my policies comply with all international trade laws regarding antiquities. Every item is legally and ethically acquired, coming from old American and European collections, museum deaccessions and auctions. Provenance is not always listed in every item description due to restricted space, but is provided on the certificate of authenticity that accompanies each item. Enjoy!

Isis on a Roman Lamp!
Ancient Rome, c. 2nd century AD. A rare and exceptional ceramic oil lamp made in Italy, depicting the Egyptian goddess Isis! The goddess is depicted wearing solar-disc headdress, seated on a throne, holding the infant Horus in her lap, fifteen raised pellets surrounding. With a rounded body, small loop handle, and short spout which still shows charring from use in antiquity! The base is impressed with a maker’s hard depicting three grain ears. Old collection tag on underside. See Bailey Q2021 and Loeschcke Type VIII for similar variants. L: 3 3/4”. Handle repaired from 2-3 pieces, otherwise intact! Ex Ventura County private collection; ex Hindman. This is one I definitely should have kept for my own collection but the photos turned out so nice I thought I’d offer it to you for a short time (before I change my mind). #AR3299: $950 SOLD

Choice Egyptian frog lamp, 3rd – 4th Century AD. Mouldmade, of lentoid shape with flattened base. Central filling hole with sloping walls, stylized frog design on shoulders, much in relief. L: 3 1/4" (8.5 cm). Cf. Karanis, 111-114, 118; Ex Midwest collection. Intact and a superb example of this popular and original lamp type of Roman Egypt. #AE2097: $399 SOLD

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Roman Egypt, c. 2nd-3rd century AD. Nice terracotta oil lamp. Decorated with a stylized petal motif, the base with an 8-rayed star design.Elongated spout still charred from use in antiquity. 78 mm (3") long. ex-J Rilling collection, Orange County, CA. #AE2122: $225 SOLD

Roman Egypt, c. 2nd - 3rd Century AD. Terracotta oil lamp. Narrow body with pointed handle and long nozzle with rounded spout. Shoulders and handle decorated with vertical ribs, an ovolo above and below the fill-hole, which is surrounded by an inward sloping rim. On the base, raised oval base. L: 3 3/8" (8.6 cm). Intact and quite nice. #AE2147: $199 SOLD

Roman Egypt, , c. 3rd-4th Century AD. Excellent terracotta 'frog' lamp with frog holding head or mask, the body lentoid with sharp carination, the spout long with splayed nozzle, maker's mark within raised circular base. The back is nicely decorated with a frog whose front legs stretch to either side of the fill-hole and grasp a head of mask, palmette before mask, stippled ground around frog's body. L: 3 1/2" (8.9 cm). Intact and nice! Ex-Royal Athena Galleries, New York; Ex John J. Slocum collection. #AE2007: $575 SOLD

Ancient Egypt, Roman period, c. 4th century AD.
Nice ceramic "frog lamp" oil lamp. Decorated with a stylized palm motif, ladder-like design over spout, maker's mark on base. Intact with light earthen deposits. 80 mm (3 1/2") long. ex-J. Rilling private collection, Orange County, CA. #AE2287: $199 SOLD

Ancient Egypt, Roman period, c. 4th century AD.
Nice ceramic "frog lamp" oil lamp. Decorated with a radiate design around the central fill-hole, maker's mark on base. Intact with light earthen deposits, spout still charred from use in antiquity. 80 mm (3 1/2") long. Ex Dr. Gilles collection, Germany, acquired prior to 1970. #AH2044: $199 SOLD

Roman Egypt, c. 3rd - 4th Century AD. Nice orange-ware oil lamp. The shoulder decorated with radiating ridges around fill-hole with inward sloping rim, a rosette on spout, flat base set of by moulding. L: 3 1/4" (8.3 cm). Intact, light deposits. Lovely rosette. ex-J. Rilling collection, Orange County, CA. #AR2128x2: $225 SOLD

Ancient Egypt, Roman period, c. 3rd-4th century AD.
Nice clay "frog lamp" oil lamp. Decorated with a stylized palm motif, maker's mark on base. Big and chunky. Intact with one area of loss on the bottom outside rim. Excellent deep-cut detail overall. 72x80 mm (2 3/4" x 3 1/8". ex-New Jersey private collection. #A141751: $250


Ancient Egypt, Roman period, c. 3rd-4th century AD.
Nice clay "frog lamp" oil lamp. Decorated with a stylized palm fronds around the fill-hole, maker's mark of a stylized "A" on base. Big and chunky. Intact with one area of loss on the bottom outside rim. Excellent deep-cut detail overall. Light deposits. 72x80 mm (2 3/4" x 3 1/8". ex-New Jersey private collection. #A141751: $250 SOLD

Ancient Egypt. Classic Roman Egyptian 'frog' lamp, c. 4th - 5th Century AD, with stylized frog device on top around fill-hole. The body is lentoid shaped with short nozzle and rounded spout. On base, maker's mark, a stylized incised "A". Intact. 3 1/4" (8.3 cm). Ex Los Angeles private collection. Fantastic lamp! Terrible photo. #AE2146: $250 SOLD

Roman Egypt, c. 3rd - 4th Century AD. Roman Egyptian "Frog Lamp" with ovoid body and incised decoration, the bottom flattened with central depression. L: 3" (7.6 cm). Intact with deposits and signs of use in antiquity. #AE2102: $199 SOLD


Roman Egypt, c. 2nd Century AD. Great Roman orange-ware oil lamp depicting a Sothic dog. The animal atop a stand within the central discus, the shoulder adorned with a vine motif. L: 4 in (10.1cm). Light deposits over well-preserved orange slip, carbon deposits from ancient use on the nozzle. Ex collection of John Hibner, acquired in Turkey during military service in the 1960's. #AR2895: $350 SOLD