The soap-stone seal-oil lamp (qulliq) is a vessel for light, and therefore useful as a magical means for enticing the sun to return.

"The ritual extinguishment and relighting of fires as an act of renewal is reported from many Indo-European societies. Called 'needfire' ceremonies, they usually took place around the summer [sic!] solstice ... " (Arctic Sky)

The Inuit seem to have had a more logical ritual, when lights were blown out at the darkest time of the year, somewhat reminiscent of the Maya ritual each 52 years.

This glyph (Db3-111) makes me think about the Inuit string representation of fire in a soap-stone lamp:

It is a hônu (GD17) with what looks like flames on the top of his head, as if it was a soap-stone lamp. The surrounding glyphs seem to indicate the time of new year.

And possibly the glyph type GD47 show us a bag containing the source of new fire.