בידספיריט | A SOUTH ARABIAN BRONZE OIL

A SOUTH ARABIAN BRONZE OIL LAMP WITH A CENTAUR HANDLE, INSCRIBED “EDI” - Roman Period, 2nd-3rd century CE. 18 cm. The body of the lamp is surrounded by a branch with grapes and leaves. In very good condition and rare. For a parallel in the British Museum, see: J. Simpson (ed.), 2002, Queen of Sheba: Treasures from Ancient Yemen, p. 136, no. 168. Ex Shlomo Moussaieff coll., Herzliya Pituah.