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Bronze Age Oil Lamps : Middle Bronze Age II Terracotta Oil Lamp
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Middle Bronze Age II Terracotta Oil Lamp - L.2408
Origin: Found in Samaria, Palestine
Circa: 1900
BC
to 1600
BC
Dimensions:
4.75" (12.1cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
$400.00
Location: United States
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A lamp such as this might have lit homes during
the age of the Biblical patriarchs. 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.2408)
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