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Lamp with Christian symbols

Glencairn Museum

Glencairn Museum
Bryn Athyn, United States

The relief design on the nozzle may represent a seven-branched candlestick, and the Greek letters on the shoulder may be a garbled version of an inscription commonly found on lamps: “The light of Christ shines for all.”

Sources:
- David Gilman Romano and Irene Bald Romano, _Catalogue of the Classical Collections of the Glencairn Museum_, 1999, 149.

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  • Title: Lamp with Christian symbols
  • Location Created: Palestine (Jerusalem)
  • Physical Dimensions: L. 0.107; W. 0.070; Diam. base 0.037; Diam. fill hole 0.030 m.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Date: Late Roman-Early Christian, A.D. 450-600
  • Collection: Roman
  • Accession Number: 01.VS.197
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