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dc.contributor.authorByrd, William
dc.contributor.authorDavenport, Mark
dc.contributor.authorByrd, William
dc.contributor.authorDavenport, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-10T20:55:37Z
dc.date.available2010-11-10T20:55:37Z
dc.date.issued11/10/2010
dc.identifierB21en_US
dc.identifier.other39en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10898/138
dc.descriptionA Roman oil lamp with a broken spout, from the period, 100-300 AD. It has the design of a donkey with a rider on the discus-shaped top of the lamp. The fat, drunken demi-god Silenus on his ass was a common Greco-Roman symbol of wine and festivities. This lamp show how much of the Holy Land was imbued with classical pagan culture.en_US
dc.sourceAn Exhibit From the Collection of Yulssus Lynn Holmes
dc.titleShelf 4: Before Edison... Oil Lamps - Roman Oil Lampen_US
dc.typeImage, 3-Den_US
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