בידספיריט | A SAMARITAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP

A SAMARITAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP DEPICTING THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC.. - 4th century CE. 8.4x6.3x3.4 cm. The lamp is decorated with elements connected to the biding of Isaac by Abraham (Gen. 22); Isaac laying on an altar, above the hand of God, a knife, a ladder, a schematic lamb, an altar with flames and a tree. In very good condition and very rare. Published by Sussman 2002, Fig. 13; Adler 2004, Fig. 566. Ex Judge Steve Adler coll., Jerusalem.