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Lamp with Jewish Symbols

350–450
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 300
This is one of the few surviving lamps decorated with Jewish symbols. It displays a menorah flanked by an etrog (citron) and a lulav (palm branch), both indistinct.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lamp with Jewish Symbols
  • Date: 350–450
  • Geography: Found Egypt
  • Medium: Earthenware; molded
  • Dimensions: H. 1 3/8 in.
    W. 3 1/4 in.
    D. 2 3/8 in
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1621
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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