Oil Lamps

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CATALOGUE EDITED BY: GIAN PIERO C. G. MILANI CURATED BY: MARIA SERENA PADRICELLI PAINTINGS: FAYEZ BARAKAT

COPYRIGHT © BARAKAT GALLERY TEXTS © THE AUTHORS

PUBLISHED BY: HANNA BELLA PUBLISHING 13.08.2021 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form of electronic or mechanical means including storage by information or retrieval systems without written permission of the authors except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

All our artefacts are guaranteed to be genuine and a certificate of authenticity is included with each item.

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CONTENTS

Bronze Age

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Hellenistic

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Samaritan

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Herodian

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Roman

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Talmudic

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Early Christian

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Byzantine

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Islamic

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BRONZE AGE

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Late Bronze Age Terracotta Oil Lamp - LK.348

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Bronze Age oil lamps are generally open and bowl or saucer shaped. These lamps testify to the great technological innovation which was the introduction of the potter’s wheel. The wheel allowed to move from the hand-shaped examples typical of the Chalcolithic period to more standardised and practical designs.

The Bronze Age sees also the introduction of a distinctive ‘pinch’ on one side to host the wick, made of plant fibres or textiles. This pinch was in the Middle Bronze Age relatively shallow, becoming in the Late Bronze Age into a more pronounced one, and finally evolving into a single spout, sometimes protruding over the main body of the lamp.

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Middle Bronze Age Terracotta Oil Lamp - LK.352 Circa: 1900 BC to 1600 BC Dimensions: 4.72” (12.0cm)x (11.1cm) wide

4.37”

£360.00

Middle Bronze Age Terracotta Oil Lamp - LK.350 Circa: 1600 BC to 1300 BC Dimensions: 2” (5.1cm) x 4.5” (11.4cm) wide £250.00

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Late Bronze Age Terracotta Oil Lamp - LK.351 Circa: 1500 BC to 1250 BC Dimensions: 6.06”(15.4cm) x 6.10” (15.5cm) wide £250.00

Late Bronze Age Terracotta Oil Lamp - LK.348 Circa: 1500 BC to 1250 BC Dimensions: 2.2” (5.6cm) x 7.50” (19.1cm) wide £250.00

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HELLENISTIC

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Hellenistic Radial Lamp - BB.1557

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Hellenistic lamps are closed to avoid spilling. Though smaller in size, their decoration tends to be refined, with plenty of geometric motifs and patterns incised or impressed over the body of the lamp. Most lamps tend to be without handle.

A particular category is the one of ‘radial lamps’, which are characterised by the presence of a decorative pattern radiating from a disc or rim on the top of the enclosed lamp.

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Hellenistic Radial Lamp - BB.1503 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.50” (8.9cm) x 2.75” (7.0cm) wide £300.00

Hellenistic Radial Lamp - BB.1508 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.75” (9.5cm) x 2.50” (6.4cm) wide £250.00

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Hellenistic Radial Lamp - BB.1500

Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.60” (9.1cm) x 2.75” (7.0cm) wide £280.00

Hellenistic Radial Lamp - BB.1515 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.50” (8.9cm) x 2” (5.1cm) wide £360.00

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Hellenistic Radial Lamp with a Lug Handle BB.1510 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.60” (9.1cm) x 2.35” (6.0cm) wide £300.00

Hellenistic Decorated Radial Lamp - BB.1524 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.40” (8.6cm) x 2.75” (7.0cm) wide £300.00

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Hellenistic Radial Lamp - BB.1525

Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.75” (9.5cm) x 2.50” (6.4cm) wide £300.00

Hellenistic Radial Lamp - BB.1530 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.25” (8.3cm) x 1.90” (4.8cm) wide £300.00

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Hellenistic Oil Lamp - BB.1531 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 4” (10.2cm) x 2.35” (6.0cm) wide £360.00

Hellenistic Radial Lamp - BB.1535 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.65” (9.3cm) x 2.25” (5.7cm) wide £280.00

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Hellenistic Oil Lamp - BB.1536

Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.25” (8.3cm) x 2.40” (6.1cm) wide £180.00

Hellenistic Oil Lamp - BB.1542

Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.50” (8.9cm) x 2.40” (6.1cm) wide £300.00

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Hellenistic Radial Lamp - BB.1557 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.65” (9.3cm) x 2.75” (7.0cm) wide £250.00

Hellenistic Oil Lamp - LK.315 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 4.76” (12.1cm) x 2.95” (7.5cm) wide £350.00

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Hellenistic Radial Lamp - BB.1553 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.65” (9.3cm) x 2.35” (6.0cm) wide £180.00

Hellenistic Oil Lamp - BB.1567 Circa: 300 BC to 100 BC Dimensions: 3.25” (8.3cm) x 2” (5.1cm) wide £140.00

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S A M A R I TA N

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Samaritan lamps are characterised by their elegant and elongated shape, with a nozzle on one side for the wick, and a tiny handle on the other. They are closed in shape, with a rather large filling hole which was usually sealed and had to be broken prior to the first use, quite possibly to ensure ritual purity.

The decoration usually consist in geometric patterns and sometimes vegetal and floral motifs, and is most often placed around the filling hole.

Samaritan Oil Lamp - BB.1563 Circa: 4th Century AD to 7th Century AD Dimensions: 3.75” (9.5cm) x 2.35” (6.0cm) wide £200.00

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Samaritan Oil Lamp - BB.1534 Circa: 1st Century AD to 3rd Century AD Dimensions: 3.35” (8.5cm) x 2.30” (5.8cm) wide £300.00

Samaritan Oil Lamp - BB.1554 Circa: 4th Century AD to 5th Century AD Dimensions: 3.75” (9.5cm) x 2.40” (6.1cm) wide £200.00

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HERODIAN

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Herodian period terracotta oil lamp - BB.1527

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Herodian Oil Lamps, also known as ‘Knife Parted Lamps’, are dated between first century BC and the first century AD. They are made with the potter’s wheel, and the nozzle was crafted separately and attached. They are usually not decorated, but rare examples bear geometric and linear pattern, or (as in the case of an extraordinary lamp featured in this catalogue) vegetal and floral motifs.

These lamps were found predominantly in Judea and Jerusalem, and they are thought to have been mainly used by the Jewish population.

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Herodian period terracotta oil lamp - BB.1516 Circa: 1st Century BC to 1st Century BC Dimensions: 3” (7.6cm) x 2.50” (6.4cm) wide £280.00

Herodian period terracotta oil lamp - BB.1069 Circa: 50 BC to 50 AD Dimensions: 3.8” (9.7cm) x 3” (7.6cm) wide £200.00

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Herodian period terracotta oil lamp - BB.1533 Circa: 50 BC to 50 AD Dimensions: 3.75” (9.5cm) x 2.50” (6.4cm) wide £300.00

Herodian period terracotta oil lamp - BB.1058 Circa: 50 BC to 50 AD Dimensions: 3.6” (9.1cm) x 2.4” (6.1cm) wide £500.00

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Herodian period oil terracotta lamp - LK.319 Circa: 50 BC to 50 AD Dimensions: 3.78” (9.6cm) x 2.44” (6.2cm) wide £300.00

Herodian period terracotta oil lamp - BB.1565 Circa: 1st Century BC to 1st Century AD Dimensions: 3.25” (8.3cm) x 2.25” (5.7cm) wide £330.00

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Herodian period terracotta oil lamp - BB.1549

Circa: 1st Century BC to 1st Century AD Dimensions: 3.25” (8.3cm) x 2.25” (5.7cm) wide £330.00

Herodian period oil lamp - LK.339 Circa: 50 BC to 50 AD Dimensions: 3.07” (7.8cm)x 2.05” (5.2cm) wide £240.00

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Herodian period oil lamp - LK.341 Circa: 50 BC to 50 AD Dimensions: 3.86” (9.8cm) x 2.78” (7.1cm) wide £240.00

Herodian period oil Lamp - LK.331 Circa: 50 BC to 50 AD Dimensions: 3.19” (8.1cm) x 2.44” (6.2cm) wide £240.00

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Herodian period oil lamp - LK.324

Circa: 50 BC to 50 AD Dimensions: 3.03” (7.7cm) x 2.16” (5.5cm) wide £240.00

Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1053 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 4.1” (10.4cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm) wide £250.00

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Herodian period terracotta oil lamp - BB.1552 Circa: 1st Century BC to 1st Century AD Dimensions: 3.25” (8.3cm)x 2.20” (5.6cm) wide £360.00

Herodian period terracotta oil lamp - BB.1543 Circa: 1st Century BC to 1st Century CE Dimensions: 3.17” (8.1cm) x 2.15” (5.5cm) wide £330.00

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Herodian period terracotta oil lamp - BB.1517 Circa: 1st Century BC to 1st Century AD Dimensions: 3.50” (8.9cm) x 2.50” (6.4cm) wide £300.00

Herodian period terracotta oil lamp - BB.1527 Circa: 1st Century BC to 1st Century AD Dimensions: 3.50” (8.9cm) x 2.60” (6.6cm) wide £300.00

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ROMAN

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Roman Oil Lamp - LK.343

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While the creation and use of wheel made lamps, with floral, linear, and geometric motifs continues (especially in the Eastern Provinces of the Roman Empire), the Roman period sees the introduction of a new technology, with the creation of lamps through the use of moulds. Separate moulds were used to create the bottom part and the top one.

The last one usually hosted the main decoration, often a figurative scene, distinctively placed on a central disc, where a single and tiny filling hole was also placed.

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Roman Period Discus Lamp - BB.1547 Circa: 100 AD to 300 AD Dimensions: 3.25” (8.3cm) x 3.15” (8.0cm) wide £400.00

Roman Period Oil Lamp - BB.1034 Circa: 100 AD to 300 AD Dimensions: 3” (7.6cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm) wide £400.00

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Late Roman Period Oil Lamp - BB.1511 Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 3.50” (8.9cm) £200.00

Roman Oil Lamp Depicting Empress Julia Domna - AM.0406 Circa: 2nd Century AD Dimensions: 1” (2.5cm) x 4” (10.2cm) wide x 3.75” (9.5cm) depth £1,200.00

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Roman Oil Lamp - BB.1562 Circa: 100 AD to 200 AD Dimensions: 3.60” (9.1cm) x 2.80” (7.1cm) wide £240.00

Roman Oil Lamp - LK.301 Circa: 1st Century AD to 3rd Century AD Dimensions: 2.95” (7.5cm) x 2.2” (5.6cm) wide £240.00

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Late Roman/Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1568 Circa: 300 AD to 500 AD Dimensions: 4” (10.2cm) x 2.35” (6.0cm) wide £280.00

Roman Oil Lamp - LK.314 Circa: 1st Century AD to 3rd Century AD Dimensions: 3.23” (8.2cm) x 2.44” (6.2cm) wide £100.00

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Roman Oil Lamp - LK.336 Circa: 1st Century AD to 3rd Century AD Dimensions: 2.95” (7.5cm) x 2.36” (6.0cm) wide £300.00

Roman Oil Lamp - LK.343 Circa: 1st Century AD to 3rd Century AD Dimensions: 2.79” (7.1cm) x 2.04” (5.2cm) wide £330.00

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Roman Oil Lamp - LK.325 Circa: 100 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 3.07” (7.8cm) x 2.32” (5.9cm) wide £100.00

Roman Oil Lamp - LK.327 Circa: 100 AD to 300 AD Dimensions: 3.03” (7.7cm) x 2.36” (6.0cm) wide £300.00

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Roman Oil Lamp - LK.330 Circa: 100 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 2.76” (7.0cm) x 2.13” (5.4cm) wide £250.00

Roman Oil Lamp - LK.300 Circa: 1st Century AD to 3rd Century AD Dimensions: 2.91” (7.4cm) high x 2.32” (5.9cm) wide £150.00

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Roman Oil Lamp - LK.320

Circa: 1st Century AD to 3rd Century AD Dimensions: 2.99” (7.6cm) x 2.24” (5.7cm) wide £200.00

Roman Oil Lamp - LK.332 Circa: 100 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 3.19” (8.1cm) x 2.17” (5.5cm) wide £100.00

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Late Roman Oil Lamp - LK.304 Circa: 3rd Century AD to 4th Century AD Dimensions: 3.35” (8.5cm) x 2.44” (6.2cm) wide £200.00

Roman Oil Lamp - LK.306 Circa: 100 AD to 300 AD Dimensions: 3.15” (8.0cm) x 2.36” (6.0cm) wide £120.00

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Roman Oil Lamps - LK.303

Circa: 3rd Century AD to 4th Century AD Dimensions: 3.35” (8.5cm) x 2.4” (6.1cm) wide £180.00

Late Roman Oil Lamp - LK.329

Circa: 3rd Century AD to 6th Century AD Dimensions: 3.07” (7.8cm) x 2.32” (5.9cm) wide £240.00

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TA L M U D I C

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Talmudic/Late Roman Oil Lamp - LK.323

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The Talmudic period sees a distinctive production of oil lamps, well differentiated from the contemporary examples used across the Roman Empire. These lamps tend to be on the smaller end of the size scale, with plenty of geometric motifs and patterns incised or impressed over the body of the lamp. Many lamps tend to be without handle, and sometimes the handle is so tiny that it clearly had a decorative rather than practical function.

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Talmudic Oil Lamp - LK.312 Circa: 100 AD to 500 AD Dimensions: 3.35” (8.5cm) x 2.44” (6.2cm) wide £330.00

Talmudic Oil Lamp - BB.1532 Circa: 2nd Century AD to 4th Century AD Dimensions: 4” (10.2cm) x 2.50” (6.4cm) wide £350.00

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Talmudic Oil Lamp - BB.1073

Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 3.1” (7.9cm) x 2.3” (5.8cm) wide £300.00

Talmudic/Late Roman Oil Lamp - LK.307 Circa: 300 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 3.46” (8.8cm) x 2.44” (6.2cm) wide £300.00

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Talmudic Oil Lamp - BB.1071 Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 3.25” (8.3cm) x 2.25” (5.7cm) wide £250.00

Talmudic/Late Roman Oil Lamp - LK.323 Circa: 300 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 2.91” (7.4cm) x 2.24” (5.7cm) wide £500.00

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Talmudic Oil Lamp - LK.321 Circa: 3rd Century AD to 4th Century AD Dimensions: 3.46” (8.8cm) x 2.52” (6.4cm) wide £300.00

Talmudic/Late Roman Oil Lamp - LK.335 Circa: 300 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 3.54” (9.0cm) x 2.28” (5.8cm) wide £150.00

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E A R LY C H R I S T I A N

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Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp Depicting a Fish - AM.0414

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This type of lamp is closely related to the production of African terra sigillata ware. Yet their exact origin is unknown, while some suggest Tunisia, others have indicated either Egypt or Cyrenaica. They usually bear geometric decorations, or symbols which were meaningful to Christians: the Christogram, the rooster, the fir three, or sometimes animals. They are often found in archaeological contexts such as cemeteries and Churches, were they seem to have been abundantly used.

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This type of lamp is closely related to the production of African terra sigillata ware. Yet their exact origin is unknown, while some suggest Tunisia, others have indicated either Egypt or Cyrenaica. A lamp such as this might have lit homes when the Roman Empire ruled the world. 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.

Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp with a horse - AM.0417 Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 5.3” (13.5cm) x 3.25” (8.3cm) wide £1,800.00

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A beautiful Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp Depicting a Rooster. The Rooster was an important symbol for Early Christians, representing Christ the Saviour: as the rooster with his crowing announces the sunrise, so Christ with his resurrection heralds the good news of eternal life for all Christian. The rooster is therefore part of the complex set of solar symbolisms and analogies which were so popular during the first centuries of Christianity.

Augustine writes in his ‘Confessions’ of God: “In you the present day has no ending, and yet in you it has its end”. Given the particular symbolism on this lamp, linked to the theme of resurrection, it is entirely plausible that this artefact was meant to be put on a burial.

Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp Depicting a Rooster - AM.0411 Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 5.25” (13.3cm) high x 3.1” (7.9cm) wide £400.00

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An Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp depicting a Fir Tree. The Fir Tree was held by Early Christians to represent Christ for two reasons: firstly, being an evergreen tree, it represented eternity and immutability, embodying the key concept of eternal life; secondly, being triangular in shape the fir tree visually representing the Holy Trinity.

Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp depicting a Fir Tree - AM.0413 Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 4.75” (12.1cm) x 3.” (7.6cm) wide £250.00

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A beautiful Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp Depicting a Rooster. The Rooster was an important symbol for Early Christians, representing Christ the Saviour: as the rooster with his crowing announces the sunrise, so Christ with his resurrection heralds the good news of eternal life for all Christian. The rooster is therefore part of the complex set of solar symbolisms and analogies which were so popular during the first centuries of Christianity.

Augustine writes in his ‘Confessions’ of God: “In you the present day has no ending, and yet in you it has its end”. Given the particular symbolism on this lamp, linked to the theme of resurrection, it is entirely plausible that this artefact was meant to be put on a burial.

Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp - AM.0415 Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 5.5” (14.0cm) high x 3.3” (8.4cm) wide £250.00

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A beautiful Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp Depicting a Fish. The Fish is one of the most important symbols of Christ during Early Christianity, very often found on inscriptions and artefacts. The meaning of this symbol is given by Augustine: “If you join the initial letters of these five Greek words, Iesous Christos Theou Huios Soter, which mean, “Jesus Christ the Son of God, the Saviour”, they will make the word ichtys, that is, “fish”, in which word Christ is mystically understood, because He was able to live, that is, to exist, without sin in the abyss of this mortality as in the depth of waters.”

Augustine, City of God,Book XVIII, Chapter 23.

Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp Depicting a Fish - AM.0414 Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 5.5” (14.0cm) x 3.25” (8.3cm) wide £900.00

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This type of lamp is closely related to the production of African terra sigillata ware. Yet their exact origin is unknown, while some suggest Tunisia, others have indicated either Egypt or Cyrenaica. A lamp such as this might have lit homes when the Roman Empire ruled the world. 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.

Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp - AM.0423 Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 5.5” (14.0cm) high x 3.5” (8.9cm) wide £400.00

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A beautiful Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp Depicting a Rooster. The Rooster was an important symbol for Early Christians, representing Christ the Saviour: as the rooster with his crowing announces the sunrise, so Christ with his resurrection heralds the good news of eternal life for all Christian. The rooster is therefore part of the complex set of solar symbolisms and analogies which were so popular during the first centuries of Christianity.

Augustine writes in his ‘Confessions’ of God: “In you the present day has no ending, and yet in you it has its end”. Given the particular symbolism on this lamp, linked to the theme of resurrection, it is entirely plausible that this artefact was meant to be put on a burial.

Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp Depicting a Rooster - AM.0412 Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 5.25” (13.3cm) high x 3.1” (7.9cm) wide £500.00

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A beautiful and well preserved example of Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp, decorated with animals and the Christogram. The outer rim of the disk of the lamp bears geometric motifs, enclosing a central depression with two filling oils and the main decoration. Two animals, possibly a horse and a pelican, along with the depiction of the Christogram.

The Christogram, created through the super-impression of the Greek letters X (ch) and P (r) -initials of Christos, Christ- is one of the most important symbols in Early Christian iconography.

Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp with Christogram - AM.0419 Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 6” (15.2cm) high x 3.3” (8.4cm) wide £650.00

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A stunning and greatly preserved example of Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp. The outer rim of the disk bears geometric motifs (patterned horseshoes and triangles), enclosing a central depression with two filling holes and the main decoration, contoured by a two tiers of geometric decoration: a bust of a woman, beautifully draped, to the left. The woman bears a hairstyle close to the quintessentially Classical ‘Melonenfrisur’, with ridges going back into a central bun.

Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp - AM.0424 Circa: 200 AD to 400 AD Dimensions: 5.7” (14.5cm) high x 3.5” (8.9cm) wide £1,200.00

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Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp with a victorious athlete, holding two crowns of leaves, the shoulders patterned with swirls and dots, a plain knob handle in the back of the discus.

This type of lamp originated in Northern Africa and is closely related to the production of African terra sigillata ware. Yet their exact origin is unknown, while some suggest Tunisia, others have indicated either Egypt or Cyrenaica.

The symbolism of the victorious athlete occurs in the Second Letter of Paul to Timothy: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing”.

2 Timothy, 4: 7-8.

Early Christian Terracotta Oil Lamp with a victorious athlete - LO.1168 Circa: 400 AD to 500 AD Dimensions: 5” (12.7cm) high x 2.75” (7.0cm) wide £1,250.00

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BYZANTINE

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Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1040

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Byzantine lamps are usually slipper shaped. These lamps tend to be on the smaller end of the size scale, with plenty of geometric motifs and patterns incised or impressed over the body of the lamp. Many lamps tend to be without handle, and sometimes the handle is so tiny that it clearly had a decorative rather than practical function.

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Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1057 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 4.25” (10.8cm) x 2.75” (7.0cm) wide £300.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1033 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 4.1” (10.4cm) wide £150.00

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Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1040 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.7” (9.4cm) x 2.25” (5.7cm) wide £200.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1036 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.7” (9.4cm) x 3” (7.6cm) wide £200.00

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Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp - BB.1044 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.8” (9.7cm) x 2.7” (6.9cm) wide £300.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1045 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.8” (9.7cm) x 2.9” (7.4cm) wide £150.00

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Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1060 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.3” (8.4cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm) wide £150.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1057 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 4.25” (10.8cm) x 2.75” (7.0cm) wide £300.00

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Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1041 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.4” (8.6cm) high x 2.7” (6.9cm) wide £180.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1035 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.7” (9.4cm) high x 3” (7.6cm) wide £100.00

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Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1048 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.4” (8.6cm) x 3.1” (7.9cm) wide £125.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1050 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.8” (9.7cm) x 3.1” (7.9cm) wide £150.00

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Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1501 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 4.20” (10.7cm) x 3” (7.6cm) wide £180.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1512 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 4” (10.2cm) x 3” (7.6cm) wide £300.00

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Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1063 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.5” (8.9cm) x 3” (7.6cm) wide £200.00

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Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1054 Circa: 400 AD to 500 AD Dimensions: 3.7” (9.4cm) high x 2.4” (6.1cm) wide £250.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1056 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 4.25” (10.8cm) x 2.75” (7.0cm) wide £125.00

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Byzantine Oil Lamp With a Menorah Motif BB.1538 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.85” (9.8cm) x 2.65” (6.7cm) wide £700.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1051 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 3.6” (9.1cm) x 2.7” (6.9cm) wide £300.00

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Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1523 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 2.80” (7.1cm) x 2” (5.1cm) wide £120.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - LK.342 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 2.95” (7.5cm) x 2.04” (5.2cm) wide £240.00

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Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1561

Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 4” (10.2cm) x 3” (7.6cm) wide £250.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1560 Circa: 400 AD to 600 AD Dimensions: 4” (10.2cm) x 2.90” (7.4cm) wide £180.00

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Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1541 Circa: 7th Century AD to 9th Century AD Dimensions: 3.50” (8.9cm) x 2.75” (7.0cm) wide £200.00

Byzantine Oil Lamp - BB.1951 Circa: 4th Century AD to 7th Century AD Dimensions: 3.75” (9.5cm) x 2.25” (5.7cm) wide £180.00

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Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1064 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 3.5” (8.9cm) x 3” (7.6cm) wide £200.00

Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1068

Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 3.6” (9.1cm) x 2” (5.1cm) wide £250.00

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Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1038

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Early Islamic lamps evolve from the Byzantine precedents, and they continue to be usually slipper shaped. Typically Christian motifs which sometimes appeared in Byzantine lamps do of course disappear, substituted by a variety of geometric and floral motifs and patterns incised or impressed over the body of the lamp. The handle grows now bigger, pointing to a practical use rather than a simply decorative function.

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Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1065 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 4” (10.2cm) x 2.6” (6.6cm) wide £300.00

Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1037 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 3.9” (9.9cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm) wide £200.00

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Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1038 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 3.6” (9.1cm) x 3” (7.6cm) wide £200.00

Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1042 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 4.6” (11.7cm) x 2.6” (6.6cm) wide £200.00

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Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1046 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 7.7” (19.6cm) x 4.7” (11.9cm) wide £200.00

Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1043 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 3.3” (8.4cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm) wide £200.00

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Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1047 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 3.9” (9.9cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm) wide £300.00

Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1049 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 3.7” (9.4cm) x 3” (7.6cm) wide £250.00 101

Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1518 Circa: 7th Century AD to 9th Century AD Dimensions: 3.60” (9.1cm) x 2.35” (6.0cm) wide £250.00

Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1053 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 4.1” (10.4cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm) wide £250.00

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Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1061 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 4.25” (10.8cm) x 2.75” (7.0cm) wide £300.00

Islamic Oil Lamp - BB.1055 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 3.9” (9.9cm) x 2.5” (6.4cm) wide £250.00

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Islamic Oil Lamp - LK.299 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 4.09” (10.4cm) x 2.84” (7.2cm) wide £100.00

Islamic Oil Lamp - FF.130 Circa: 700 AD to 900 AD Dimensions: 4.40” (11.2cm) x 2.80” (7.1cm) wide £180.00

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