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Roman Period Oil Lamps : Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp
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Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp - PF.5574
Origin: Tunisia
Circa: 200
AD
to 400
AD
Dimensions:
5.375" (13.7cm) high
Collection: Biblical
Style: Roman Period
Medium: Terracotta
£3,000.00
Location: UAE
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This oil lamp would have lit homes during the
early flourishing of Christianity. The center of the
lamp is decorated with the Labarum, an
overlapping X and P representing the Greek
initials of Jesus Christ. This is one of the earliest
symbols for Christ and is found in Catacombs,
early signet rings, and ordinary objects such as
this lamp. A metaphor for 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 directly in touch 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 darkness and
reach the path of holy enlightenment.
- (PF.5574)
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