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Han Gilt Bronze Lamp
A gilt bronze oil lamp in the form of a kneeling servant girl; her arm acts as the lamp's chimney. Han dynasty, late 2nd century BCE, from the tomb of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan at Mancheng. Height: 48 cm. (Hebei Museum, Shijiazhuang...
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Bronze Lamp from Vani with Zeus and Ganymede
A three-nozzled bronze lamp featuring the god Zeus in the form of an eagle, carrying the boy Ganymede off to Mount Olympus to be his cupbearer. When the lamp was lit, the beautiful youth would gleam, and the divine bird would be encircled...
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Oil Mill at Tatev Monastery
The oil mill at Tatev Monastery used to provide oil from hemp, lineseed, and sesame to monks and inhabitants who lived within a short distance from the monastery.
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Tatev Monastery's Oil Mill
Oil mills have existed in Armenia since the Urartian era, and their archaeological remains can be found in all regions of Armenia. This oil mill at Tatev Monastery in Armenia dates from the 17th century CE.
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A Whale Oil Refinery at Smeerenburg, Svalbard
The whale oil refinery of the Amsterdam chamber of the Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island off the coast of Spitsbergen. Oil on canvas, 1639.
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Attic Oil Flask Depicting a Scene from Seven Against Thebes
This image of a young warrior cutting his hair before battle may reflect a scene in Seven against Thebes, a tragedy by Aeschylus. The seven heroes knew that only one of them would survive battle. Each cut a lock of his hair and tied it to...
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Olive Oil Amphora From Africa
Olive oil amphora from Africa and found at Ostia. 3rd century CE. Museo delle Navi Romane di Fiumicino. (National Maritime Museum, Sydney Australia) This amphora is stamped with its place of manufacture; Sullechtum in the Roman province...
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Oil Press, Tell Hazor
Reconstructed 8th-century BCE olive oil press at Tell Hazor.
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Oil Bottle with Tragic Mask
Red-figured squat lekythos (oil-bottle) with a tragic mask (perhaps Electra's) and a stage.
Made in Lucania, Italy, c. 360-320 BCE.
British Museum, London.
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Oil Palm Harvester
Oil palm harvester in Indonesia
Photo by Lucy McHugh/CIFOR.