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Oil Lamp with Greek Inscription - L.0851
Origin: Bethlehem, Israel
Circa: 400
AD
to 600
AD
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Byzantine
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
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A lamp such as this might have lit homes
at the
dawn of the Christian era. A metaphor
for joy
and prosperity, for hope, for life
itself, lamps
have illumninated 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.0851)
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