Ancient Helenistic /Greek Period Oil Lamp - 330 - 63BC, Jerusalem, Holy Land

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The Hamedian Gallery has two separate eBay stores. One ships from Jerusalem, the other ships from California. Please visit both stores to see all of our listings!! Please Please _________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Hamedian Gallery is currently offering many 99 cent auctions with NO RESERVE. We are doing this to generate new feedback and bring attention to our eBay store. Please , if you are happy with the item you receive , leave us a feedback! We will be very great full . Thank you, and good luck on your bids! _________________________________________________________________________________________________ A Hellenistic / Greek period oil lamp from Jerusalem, dating to 660-37BC. In excellent condition, fully intact. Found in excavation site in or around Jerusalem. Size approximately: L: 8cm W : 5cm GUARANTEED GENUINE Includes Certificate of Authenticity (Oil Lamp stand additional $8 - Please ask) This item is being sold from the Hamedian Gallery in Jerusalem, Israel. Weare known worldwide and specialize in Russian Icons, antiquities, orientalcarpets and jewelry. We are authorized antiquity dealers by the Israeli antiquities authority. Please see our other auctions. For more information contact us. Significance of oil lamps in major religions of the Holy Land: Judaism Lamps appear in the Torah and other Jewish sources as a symbol of “lighting” the way for the righteous, the wise, and for love and other positive values. While fire was often described as being destructive, light was given a positive spiritual meaning. The oil lamp and its light were important household items, and this may explain their symbolism. Oil lamps were used for many spiritual rituals. The oil lamp and its light also became important ritualistic articles with the further development of Jewish culture and its religion. “And you shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive-oil for the light, that a lamp may be set to burn continually”. Exodus 27:20 “When you set the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand (menorah).” Numbers 8: 1 -4 “There I shall cause pride to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.” (Psalms 132:16); “For a commandment is a lamp and the Torah is light; and reproving discipline is the way of life.” (Proverbs 6:23); “A man’s soul is the lamp of God, which searches the chambers of one’s innards.” (Proverbs 20:27). “A lamp is called a lamp, and the soul of man is called a lamp.” (Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 30B) Chanukah The Temple Menorah, a ritual seven branched oil lamp used in the Second Temple, forms the centre of the Chanukah story and centers on the miracle that during the cleansing of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem after its looting, the lamp was supposed to burn continuously, forever, but there was only oil enough for one day, and no more oil would be available for 8 days; miraculously the oil expected to last for only one day instead burnt for 8 full days. Christianity There are several references to oil lamps in the New Testament: “Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is sound, your whole body is sound, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness.” (Luke 11:34); “He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.” (John 5:35); “And night shall be no more; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they shall reign for ever and ever.” (Rev 22:5). In the Orthodox Church and many Eastern Catholic Churches oil lamps (Greek: kandili, Slavonic: lampada) are still used both on the Holy Table (altar) and to illuminate icons on the iconostasis and around the temple (church bui... read more

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