Menorah lamps

Type: Lamps, Pottery
Date: 350–450
Location or Findspot (Modern-Day Country): Egypt, Israel
Medium: Earthenware
Description: Earthenware lamps with menorahs sometimes included other symbols, among them the etrog (citron), lulav (palm branch), and incense shovel.
Relevant Textbook Chapter(s): 2
Repository and Online Resources: • Read more about the lamp in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. • Read more about the lamp in the Hecht Museum, University of Haifa.
Image Credits: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Linda Safran, Wikimedia Commons
Tags: Connections to the past, Jewish, Late Antique, Western Asian, North African, Mediterranean

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, menorah lamp
Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, menorah lamps Sassari, Museo Nazionale G. A. Sanna, menorah lamps