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Bronze Age Oil Lamps : Early Bronze Age Oil Lamp
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Early Bronze Age Oil Lamp - L.0247
Origin: Bab Eddra'H, Jordan
Circa: 3300
BC
to 2700
BC
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
$800.00
Location: United States
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A lamp such as this might have lit homes
in the Holy Land five millennia ago. 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.0247)
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