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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 3.11.1991
The hanging back-walled Hanukah lamp is made of brass and consists of a row of oil containers, an oil tray, a back and side walls,and a Shamash. A row of eight rectangular, spouted oil containers is attached to the back wall and side walls. The oil tray is made of sheet brass and consists of a back wall, side walls, and a drip tray. The back wall, in the shape of a pointed arch, has an applied wire rim. The side walls have a curved edge. The back wall of the lamp consists of three decorative sections. Above a plain band, a frieze of six openwork tabula ansata forms is topped by a middle element flanked by two fleur-de-lis. These latter three are topped by globular apex These three forms are topped by globular apexes. The middle form is surmounted by a Star^of^David and bears a framed inscription: "כי נר מצוה / ותורה אור )משלי ו:כג( (Proverbs 6:23) The rectangular side walls are decorated with two openwork tabula ansata forms, topped by a fleur-de-lis surmounted by a globular apex. The Shamash is a fixed rectangular, spouted oil container attached above the inscription. A loop hanger is attached to a wire rim at the top of the oil tray's pointed arch.
Object
Object Detail
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Unknown
Date
1700-1799
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Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
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Period Detail
Documentation / Research project
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Material / Technique
Brass##Structure: cast, folded##Bonding: screwed, soldered ##
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Construction material
Measurements
Height
380mm (back); 120mm (sides); 265mm (lamp back); 183mm (lamp side)
Length
Width
332mm (back); 110mm (sides); 280mm (oil containers) 275mm (lamp); 79mm (lamp side)
Depth
112mm (tray) 80mm (oil containers)
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Thickness
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Subject
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
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Group
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Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
The tops of the two fleur-de-lis at the back of the lamp are broken. One of the pieces is wedged between the flower and the central piece.
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Narkiss, M., Hanukah, Plate XXI, no. 58. See also, I.J.A. Gross Col., #54.
Short Name
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Volume
Page
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Documenter
Ariella Amar, (S.F.) | 2.1992
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Computer Reconstruction
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