Early Islamic Ommayad Terracotta Oil Lamp, 700 CE - 900 CE
Terracotta
PF.1100
In the early days of Islam, when the Ommayad dynasty ruled in splendor from their capital at Damascus, this simple lamp brought light to the evening darkness. Whose hands once...
In the early days of Islam, when the Ommayad dynasty ruled in splendor from their capital at Damascus, this simple lamp brought light to the evening darkness. Whose hands once held it as they passed from room to room? We cannot know, but when we grip its handle and place our fingers where theirs once rested, we are transported magically back into the glow of that Golden Age.