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AjlouniBoy Descens Offline Sling smarter, not harder! Posts: 122 Fort Worth, Texas, USA Gender:	David vs Goliath: Oil lamp Feb 10^th, 2006 at 5:06pm Nice oil lamp from 6th century Alexandria, Egypt with names in greek.
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Zorrro Funditor Offline Yeah, i guess most of us love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 530 Granada (Spain) Gender:	Re: David vs Goliath: Oil lamp Reply #1 - Feb 11^th, 2006 at 4:03am nice oil lamp, 1st one i see with several holes to hold several wicks
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3245 Akron NY Gender:	Re: David vs Goliath: Oil lamp Reply #2 - Feb 11^th, 2006 at 1:09pm COOOOOOUUUUUULLL! Where did you get the pic? Can we get access to it?
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: David vs Goliath: Oil lamp Reply #3 - Feb 13^th, 2006 at 9:52pm Great picture! Looks like David is going with an overhand cast.
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AjlouniBoy Descens Offline Sling smarter, not harder! Posts: 122 Fort Worth, Texas, USA Gender:	Re: David vs Goliath: Oil lamp Reply #4 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 12:51pm With a "closed" release, pinching retention and release thongs together between thumb and forefinger like the Assyrian bas reliefs. Think he put some backspin on that famous smooth stone? I'll be he did. AjlouniBoy
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AjlouniBoy Descens Offline Sling smarter, not harder! Posts: 122 Fort Worth, Texas, USA Gender:	Re: David vs Goliath: Oil lamp Reply #5 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 12:53pm Quote: COOOOOOUUUUUULLL! Where did you get the pic? Can we get access to it? Chris will put it in the next Historical Gallery update
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Willeke Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Give me some string and I know what to do. Posts: 2072 Netherlands Gender:	Re: David vs Goliath: Oil lamp Reply #6 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 12:55pm We want the place you got it from, so we can see if there are more nice things there. (A link to a website will be great, but if you have a printed version, title and writer will do. ) Willeke
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AjlouniBoy Descens Offline Sling smarter, not harder! Posts: 122 Fort Worth, Texas, USA Gender:	Re: David vs Goliath: Oil lamp Reply #7 - Feb 18^th, 2006 at 5:40am Aack, can't seem to find the reference for this one. I will keep looking. We should make a habit of collecting the references, particularly for use in the wiki and book.
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