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Nabatean Oil Lamp Inscribed with the Name Of The Maker in Nabatean - L.0260
Origin: Petra, Jordan
Circa: 50
BC
to 150
AD
Dimensions:
3.25" (8.3cm) high
x 2.375" (6.0cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Terracotta
$3,000.00
Location: United States
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A lamp such as this might have lit homes
in the
fabled city of Petra during the
flowering of the
Nabatean Empire. 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.0260)
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