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JUDAEA. Late Roman era, circa AD 300-500. Basalt synagogue lintel with menorah and floral motifs....
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Description
Stone Menorah Lintel
JUDAEA. Late Roman era, circa AD 300-500. Basalt synagogue lintel with menorah and floral motifs. A massive rectangular piece 21 inches (53.4 cm) long by 9.75 inches (24.8 cm) high, the gray stone depicts a central seven-branched menorah of classic design, 9.5 inches wide, with circular floral designs 3.5 inches across in the lower left and upper right corners. Apparently a single complete shaped piece, there is some surface corrosion and chipping and minor losses to the menorah base and in the right field. See Israel Museum, B66.17290.S for a limestone menorah of similar form and vintage.From the Barakat Biblical Collection, acquired and imported prior to 1982. Found in northern Israel.
Lintel stones (placed crossways over a doorway or wall opening) featuring the seven-branched menorah became a regular feature of synagogues after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, and the spread of rabbinic Judaism. This basalt piece additionally has floral motifs, recalling the passages in I Kings recording Solomon's construction of the First Temple:
I Kings 6: (35) "And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work."
Auction Info
2016 November 16 Biblical Archaeology & Related Objects Grand Format Auction #6170 (go to Auction Home page)
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