This is my oldest lamp. It is circa 4,000 years old. Note the carbon deposit in the left most spout.
One of the things we learn from this lamp is that in the time of Abraham the price of oil was low. People were able to afford to keep four wicks going at one time.
Large numbers of four-spouted lamps were made in the MB I period (2250-2000 BCE). These four-spouted lamps are among the earliest pottery vessels specially made to serve as lamps.Four-spouted lamps continued to be made until about 1750 BCE.
