Lot 146
146
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
TWO ROMAN RED-WARE LAMPS

Details
TWO ROMAN RED-WARE LAMPS
North Africa Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.

Both molded with Biblical scenes, one depicting spies bearing a bunch of grapes, surrounded by a border of grapes and vines, the other showing the three Hebrews with two other people before Nebuchadnezzar seated on a column, surrounded by triangles and other geometric decorations
5 1/2in. (14cm.) long (2)

Lot Essay

The story of the spies carrying the grapes can be found in Numbers 13:23, and that of the three Hebrews before Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 3:23-26. For similar lamps see Ennabli,A Lampes chretiennes de Tunisie, pl. 76, 77, 79, 80