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	Reference: BNA4 / Cat. No. Period: Late Roman Origin: North Africa, probably Carthage area Date: 350 – 450 AD Description: On discus: menorah on tripod base. Base bears 'palm branch' mark. Manufacture: Mould made. Size (cm): L. 8.5, W. 5.5, H. 4.2 Notes: Cf. Lund 1995, 2 (found at Carthage); Museo de Mallorca, DA13/02/001 (found at Palma); Hoff, 144; Adler, 976; BMC III, Q1740; Rosenthal & Sivan, 283; (Italian) Hayes, 252. Genre: see Benini & Perani, Materia Giudaica 2016, pp.229-328. Lamps of this type are likely to have been produced in northern Tunisia, in a workshop such as that at El Mahrine (Lund 1995, p.249).
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