Islamic purple glass lamp jar
Jars and Vases
Islamic Fatimid shiny bright purple glass jar, probably from an ornate hanging mosque oil lamp. Size : 7.5 cm Syrian type, Al-Quds, Jerusalem. ca. 800 CE.
Islamic Fatimid green glass perfume bottle with dots
Bottles, Purfume Bottles
Islamic Fatimid shiny bright green glass bottle with applied large decorative dots, ca. 800 CE. Syrian type.
Rare Christian Oil Lamps, Set of 3, from the early Islamic era
Oil Lamps
Superb set of 3 early Islamic (Fatimid) era molded lamps. Two have obvious Christian motifs : cross and fisherman; cross and hunt scene. The 3rd is the more usual animal motif. Ca 800 ce. Size: These 3 lamps were found as a set in Samaria, Israel. The type is known from Syria.
Islamic Bronze Coin with 5-branched Menorah
Coins
Early Islamic (Umayyad) bronze coin minted in Jerusalem, ca. 696 ce, with 5-branched menorah and Arabic inscription : "Aliya, Madinet Bayit al-Maqdis" = "Aliya" is from Aelia Capitolina (the Roman emperor Hadrian's new name for Jerusalem, ca 135 ce; post BarKokhva), plus 'city of the Temple'. Although there had not been a Jewish Temple on ...
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