Img. ID: 3333

The hanging back-walled Hanukah lamp is made of brass and consists of a row of oil containers, a back wall and a hanger. A row of eight rectangular spouted oil containers is fastened to the back wall. ## The round arched openworked back wall decoration consists of a a central tree trunk with stylized branches which bear flowers and leaves emerging symmetrically from its sides. Two birds facing each other flank the base of the trunk. Two fishes and two smaller birds are integrated within the branches.The wall is decorated with foliate scrolls and dots. The upper part of the tree trunk bears a rectangular hole through which the Shamash was inserted.## Two vertical plain bands frame the lower part of the back wall.## A loop hanger is situated on top of the back wall. :MED : Metal:MH : 355mm (overall):ML : 213mm:MDE : 30mm (oil containers):MAT : Brass##Structure:cast##Decoration:cast, engraved, punched ##Bondings:oil containers fastened by pins.:CO : The Shamash is missing.:BIB : See also. J-M, Isr. Mus., Stieglitz, 1987 p.156, pl.120## Narkiss M., Hanukah, 1939, pl. 124.:REM : The Hanukah lamp imitates a Dutch model without a tray. The fish motif is absent in the Dutch lamps and might be an indication for a North African development.