Oil lamp depicting seven-branched candlestick

The images on this Roman oil lamp are Judeo-Christian religious symbols, including a seven-branch candelabrum and vine leaves. It was made in Alexandria in Egypt which had important Jewish and Christian communities at this time. It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague who collected over 800 classical archaeological objects, which he bequeathed to the museum on his death.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
5/1946/123
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Foreign archaeology
Collection Area Region
North Africa
Collector Excavator
Montague, Lieutenant Colonel Leopold Agar Denys (from the collection of)
Material
pottery
Common Name
oil lamp depicting seven-branched candlestick
Simple Name
lamp
Period Classification
Roman Imperial - 31 BC-476 AD
Production Town
Alexandria
Production Country
Egypt
Production Year Low
200
Production Year High
399

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lamp depicting seven-branched candlestick