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Roman Period Oil Lamps : Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp
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Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp - PF.5574
Origin: Tunisia
Circa: 200
AD
to 400
AD
Dimensions:
5.375" (13.7cm) high
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: SOLD
£3,000.00
Location: UAE
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This oil lamp would have lit homes
during the
early flourishing of Christianity. The
center of the
lamp is decorated with the Labarum, an
overlapping X and P representing the
Greek
initials of Jesus Christ. This is one of
the earliest
symbols for Christ and is found in
Catacombs,
early signet rings, and ordinary objects
such as
this lamp. A metaphor for 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 directly in touch
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
darkness and
reach the path of holy enlightenment.
- (PF.5574)
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