Caption

Oil lamp, unknown Palestinian workshop. Oval lamp with conical handle. Large olive opening occupying virtually the entire surface of the disc. Arms decorated with branches. Burner channel and wick opening bounded by a convex shaft. Channel decorated with a six-leafed palm branch, interpreted in the context of Byzantine Jerusalem workshops as a schematic representation of a menorah. Oval, ring-shaped base decorated in the center with a six-pointed star Magen David / Seal of Solomon. Outside the ring-shaped base are three symmetrically spread palm branches—menorahs. Entire lamp impressed from a mold. Islamic art, Arabic culture; 7th–8th century, Syro-Palestine. Oil lamp; height 3.4 cm, length 10.8 cm, width 6.9 cm., A small, weathered object with an irregular, rounded shape sits centered against a smooth, light gray background, showing a textured surface in shades of beige, tan, and light brown with some darker brown spots and a slightly darker top area; the object casts a soft reflection on the glossy surface beneath it, and the reflected image repeats the beige and tan tones with muted contrast.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_216

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61.3Mb (1.0Mb) / 18.1in x 13.1in / 5442 x 3935 (300dpi)

Keywords

Oil lamp unknown Palestinian workshop Oval lamp conical handle Large olive opening occupying virtually entire surface disc Arms decorated branches Burner channel wick opening bounded convex shaft Channel decorated six-leafed palm branch interpreted context Byzantine Jerusalem workshops schematic representation menorah Oval ring-shaped base decorated center six-pointed star Magen David Seal Solomon Outside ring-shaped base three symmetrically spread palm branches menorahs Entire lamp impressed mold Islamic art Arabic culture 7th–8th century Syro-Palestine height 3.4 cm length 10.8 cm width 6.9 cm small weathered object irregular rounded shape sits centered smooth light gray background showing textured surface shades beige tan light brown darker brown spots slightly darker top area object casts soft reflection glossy surface beneath reflected image repeats tan tones muted contrast.