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Talmudic Terracotta Oil Lamp - L.0753
Origin: Beit Natif, Israel
Circa: 300
AD
to 400
AD
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
$600.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
A token of a faith already old when this
lamp was created, such an object might
have lit Jewish homes or temples
centuries ago. A metaphor for joy and
prosperity, for hope, for life itself,
lamps have illumninated the path of
civilization for centuries. They have
guided great thoughts through the night,
stood vigil with lonely passions. In the
presence of this simple object, we are
in touch directly with a vanished world,
with the people once warmed by its glow.
Today it remains as an enduring symbol
of man's desire to conquer the darkness.
- (L.0753)
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