|
HOME :
Biblical Antiquities :
Archive : Hellenistic Oil Lamp
|
 |
|
|
|
Hellenistic Oil Lamp - L.0049
Origin: Gadara, Jordan
Circa: 300
BC
to 100
BC
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Greek
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
|
|
|
| Photo Gallery |
|
|
| Description |
A lamp such as this might have lit homes
during
the flower of the Classical age. A
metaphor of joy
and prosperity, for hope, for life
itself, lamps
have illuminated 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.0049)
|
| |
|
