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Hellenistic Oil Lamp - L.0237
Origin: Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
Circa: 300
BC
to 100
BC
Collection: Greek
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
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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.
- (L.0237)
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