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EXTREMELY RARE ROMAN OIL LAMP WITH POMEGRANATES, 200 AD

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EXTREMELY RARE ROMAN OIL LAMP WITH POMEGRANATES, 200 AD

Aweidah Gallery is pleased to present to you this extremely rare ancient Roman reddish terracotta highly decorated oil lamp depicting two large pomegranate leaves at the nozzle and decorated with a branch full of 8 pomegranate fruit design all around the shoulder

The pomegranate ('rimmôn') is mentioned in the Bible as one of the seven fruits/plants that Israel was blessed with, and in Hebrew, 'rimmôn' is also the name of the weapon now called the grenade. According to Webster's New Spanish-English Dictionary, "granada," the Spanish word for "pomegranate," could also mean "grenade."
Song of Solomon 4 :13 Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, henna with nard plants. . .
Deuteronomy 8:8 A land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; . . .
Exodus 39:24 They made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet {material and} twisted {linen} on the hem of the robe. They also made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates all around on the hem of the robe, alternating a bell and a pomegranate all around on the hem of the robe for the service, just as the LORD had commanded Moses

Dated from, 200 AD

Measurements: Length: 9 cm - Width: 6 cm

Condition: Intact as found, not repaired and not restored

Found in Israel

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