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Ancient Hellenistic (Greek Era) Bronze Oil Lamp 332 BC browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Bronze: Pre AD 1000: item # 315917 Please refer to our stock # 7041116 when inquiring.
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| BRONZE OIL LAMP, HELLENISTIC PERIOD 332 – 63 BC. Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalms 119:105). A lamp such as this might have lit homes during the flower of the Classical age. 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 Found: In Judea - The Holy Land. Condition: Choice and very rare, as found - unrestored, lid missing. Dimensions: Length 105 mm, Width 45 mm, Height 25 mm Reference: Qedem 8 Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem {Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection } | ||||||||
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