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An 800-year-old clay oil lamp dating back to the Islamic Golden Age was accidentally discovered on Tuesday by construction crews digging a ditch in the city of Dandi, Zanjan province, Mehr reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe beige-colored oil lamp which has a flat base and an 11-cm vertical handle was unearthed flawlessly during a construction work at Dandi\u2019s Imam Square,\u201d said Parastu Qasemi, a provincial cultural Heritage official.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith regard to pottery fragments found nearby, the oil lamp is estimated to date a time between the Seljuk and Ilkhanid eras,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cA sooty part of the object implies that it is used\u2026 furthermore, some oily residues have been identified inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

Origins of the oil lamps go back to thousands of years ago and continues to this day, although not commonly anymore. They are often associated with stories in which rubbing an oil lamp would summon a genie dwelling in it. \/ Tehran times \/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An 800-year-old clay oil lamp dating back to the Islamic Golden Age was accidentally discovered on Tuesday by construction crews digging a ditch in the city of Dandi, Zanjan province, Mehr reported. \u201cThe beige-colored oil lamp which has a flat base and an 11-cm vertical handle was unearthed flawlessly during a construction work at Dandi\u2019s … Continue reading 800-year-old oil lamp found by accident<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-3"],"yoast_head":"\n800-year-old oil lamp found by accident - Iran Mirror<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iranmirrorbd.com\/en\/2018\/08\/05\/800-year-old-oil-lamp-found-by-accident\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"800-year-old oil lamp found by accident - 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