AN EARLY JEWISH AMBER GLASS PENDANT
AN EARLY JEWISH AMBER GLASS PENDANT

CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

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AN EARLY JEWISH AMBER GLASS PENDANT
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Stamped with a flaming seven-branched menorah on a tripod base, with a shofar (ram's horn) to the left, a lulav (palm branch) and etrog (citron) to the right, with a suspension loop above
1 in. (2.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired prior to 1997.

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Lot Essay

See Bianchi, 2002, p. 309, nos LA-1 and LA-2 and D. Barag, 'Stamped Pendants' in Spaer, 2001, p. 181, no. 371 for the type. As Barag notes, "these Jewish symbols, particularly the menorah, express the messianic hopes for the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem, the resumption of the three annual pilgrimage festivals, and the resurrection of the dead" (op. cit., p. 174).

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