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Roman Period Discus Lamp Depicting an Erotic Scene - L.0333
Origin: Petra, Jordan
Circa: 100
AD
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
1.6" (4.1cm) high
x 3.8" (9.7cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Roman
Medium: Terracotta
£5,000.00
Location: UAE
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In the Classical World, there was a general
acceptance of the place of sexuality in everyday
life. Lamps such as this, with frank and open
depictions of eroticism, would have lit
bedchambers throughout the Roman Empire. It
reminds us that, while great empires rise and fall,
the fundamentals of life have changed but little
with the centuries.
- (L.0333)
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