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A NORTH AFRICAN RED SLIP WARE OIL LAMP
Early Christian, Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.
With a tapering handle and a long canal nozzle, the discus molded with the Sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham standing at the center wielding a sword in his raised right hand, subduing his son Isaac with his left hand, Isaac kneeling toward his father, his arms bound behind his back, a bundle of sticks to the right of Isaac for burning the sacrifice, a ram to the left of Abraham, the hand of God emerging above, with two fill-holes on the discus, the scene bordered on each side by a band of medallions with symbols including the chi-rho
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) long
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