MAKE A MEME View Large Image Lampe Nishapur steatite.JPG Lampe Nishapur IX-Xe siècle Stéatite sculptée décor incisé et gravé This is a Vedic/Avestan lamp The 12 nozzles meant for lighting cotton wicks and the saucer for 'clarified butter' represent the 12 Zodiac ...
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Keywords: Lampe Nishapur steatite.JPG Lampe Nishapur IX-Xe siècle Stéatite sculptée décor incisé et gravé This is a Vedic/Avestan lamp The 12 nozzles meant for lighting cotton wicks and the saucer for 'clarified butter' represent the 12 Zodiac signs Such lamps are used for invoking 'God' The origins of this design lies in the Vedas specifically Yajur-Veda and such lamps are used in India even today Source Metropolitan Museum of Art MET 40 170 121 2004-06-04 own assumed Fabos~commonswiki Iranian sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Ancient oil lamps Art made from steatite 9th-century works Lighting devices 10th-century metalwork Lighting devices Archeological discoveries in Neyshabur
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