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Byzantine Blessed Virgin Mother of God Oil Lamp 600 AD
Antiques:
Regional Art:
Ancient World:
Byzantine:
Pre AD 1000 item# 755500 (stock#n68)
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Very Rare Ancient Byzantine Oil lamp with Greek Lettering "Light of The Mother of God" This term was widely used by the Byzantines for The Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of the Lord Jesus Christ. Reference: Light and Life, Ancient Christian Oil lamps of the Holy Land, Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Museum, Jerusalem 2001. These lamps where used widely in Christian homes during the period of the fifth and sixth centuries AD (Byzantine Influence). The lamp in the form of a small clay bowl in ...click for details
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