TY - JOUR
T1 - Intentionally Broken Discus Lamps from Roman Apollonia
T2 - A New Interpretation
AU - Tal, Oren
AU - Bastos, Marcio Teixeira
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - The Apollonia-Arsuf Excavations yielded hundreds of Roman discus lamps. The typical pagan and erotic figurative motifs had been intentionally broken off, an act familiar at other sites in Roman Palestine that was often said to be the work of monotheists of either the Samaritan or Jewish faiths. This article surveys the evidence at hand and considers the intentional breaking of Roman discus lamps in Roman Palestine as the work of members of all monotheistic faiths. In the case of Roman Apollonia, however, this act was performed by Samaritans or early Christians (or both).
AB - The Apollonia-Arsuf Excavations yielded hundreds of Roman discus lamps. The typical pagan and erotic figurative motifs had been intentionally broken off, an act familiar at other sites in Roman Palestine that was often said to be the work of monotheists of either the Samaritan or Jewish faiths. This article surveys the evidence at hand and considers the intentional breaking of Roman discus lamps in Roman Palestine as the work of members of all monotheistic faiths. In the case of Roman Apollonia, however, this act was performed by Samaritans or early Christians (or both).
KW - Apollonia-Arsuf
KW - Early monotheistic faiths
KW - Intentionally mutilated lamps
KW - Roman discus lamps
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861306698&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1179/033443512X13226621280624
DO - 10.1179/033443512X13226621280624
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AN - SCOPUS:84861306698
VL - 39
SP - 104
EP - 114
JO - Tel Aviv
JF - Tel Aviv
SN - 0334-4355
IS - 1
ER -