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Nabatean Terracotta Oil Lamp With Inscription - L.0252
Origin: Petra, Jordan
Circa: 50
BC
to 50
AD
Collection: Biblical
Style: Nabatean
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
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A lamp such as this might have lit homes in the
fabled city of Petra during the flower of the
Nabataean 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.0252)
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