LARGE IMPRESSIVE MUSEUM COPY OF A CIRCA 200 BC ANCIENT GREEK OIL LAMP
6 1/2 INCHES DIAMETER
MADE & HAND-PAINTED IN GREECE (SEE BOTTOM PIC), WITH AN OFFICIAL LEAD SEAL (SEE PIC)
The main design is of a man performing some unknown action with what appears to be a tripod, and beside it a large amphora. The Greek "ton athenethen athlon" means "the prize from or given by Athena". Tripods and amphorae were both often given as prizes in contests, and this presumably refers to some mythological story familiar at the time.
PROBABLY QUITE VINTAGE: I.E. 1970'S OR EARLIER
[keywords ancient greek roman Greece rome latin literature poetry verse erotica occult metaphysics myth mythology classics classical polytheistic religion polytheism olympian gods paganism neopaganism Wicca Wiccan occult occultism]
PERFECT AS DESIGNED, WITH NO CHIPS OR OTHER FLAWS (THE PARTS WHERE THERE ARE GAPS IN THE PAINTING REPRESENT THE STATE OF THE ORIGINAL).