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Bronze Age Oil Lamps : Middle Bronze Age I Oil Lamp
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Middle Bronze Age I Oil Lamp - L.2551
Origin: Jericho, Israel
Circa: 2100
BC
to 1900
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 more than four
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.
A lamp such as this might have lit homes
in the Holy Land more than three
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.2551)
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