This rare, foot-shaped oil lamp has multiple layers of meaning in early Christianity.

Terracotta lamp from Anatolia with curled-up sleeping dog in high-relief (1st-4th c. CE) (all images courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and all featured in ‘Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul ...

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This rare, foot-shaped oil lamp had multiple layers of meaning in early Christianity, including symbolizing enlightenment and ...