Oil Wick Lamps
Small ceramic or metal vessels with fiber wicks for controlled indoor and workshop lighting.
Core metadata
- ID: oil_wick_lamps
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -1600 (century)
- Region: Bronze Age Near East and Mediterranean lamp traditions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Description and History of Oil Lamps (Milwaukee Public Museum, 2026, museum) • Supports: node
Locator: The museum history notes that clay lamps appeared during the Bronze Age around the 16th century BC and initially used a saucer form with a floating wick.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 2
- Average edge confidence: 72%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 2
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
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| Pottery (pottery) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Pottery provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Fire Control (fire_control) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Fire Control is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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