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All subjects (including unvalidated):

subject	book bibliographic info
lamp	Faßbeck and Killebrew (2016) 174, 393, 394 Gray (2021) 163, 217 Ker and Wessels (2020) 1, 135, 170, 203, 295, 328
lamp, chione, athenian producer	Tanaseanu-Döbler and von Alvensleben (2020) 79
lamp, deposits, hammat gader, oil	Renberg (2017) 813, 814
lamp, divination	Bortolani et al (2019) 17, 18, 99, 103, 121, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 165, 166
lamp, divination, ritual, of	Corrigan and Rasimus (2013) 65
lamp, from, cologne, and isis-hathor-aphrodite, isiac	Griffiths (1975) 195
lamp, harpocrates, with sun-disc, on boat-shaped	Griffiths (1975) 195, 202, 209, 211
lamp, lychnomancy divination	Johnston (2008) 158, 159, 160, 161, 164, 165, 166
lamp, metaphorical	Ker and Wessels (2020) 93, 211, 212
lamp, moon-	Ker and Wessels (2020) 249
lamp, of jupiter-ammon aenona	Bricault et al. (2007) 317
lamp, pollution	Ker and Wessels (2020) 5
lamp, sabbath	Avery Peck et al. (2014) 254
lamp, soteria, athenian producer	Tanaseanu-Döbler and von Alvensleben (2020) 79
lamp, stand, alexander the great his	Rutledge (2012) 238
lampe, g. w. h.	Del Lucchese (2019) 172
lampe, geoffrey w.h.	Langworthy (2019) 92
lampe, kurt	Wolfsdorf (2020) 384, 395, 400, 402, 583, 584, 681
lampe, p.	Huttner (2013) 260 Kraemer (2010) 48, 49, 51, 53, 91, 182, 218
lampe, peter	Nasrallah (2019) 188, 195, 196
lamps	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022) 423, 512, 525 Breytenbach and Tzavella (2022) 5, 121, 163, 169, 171, 224, 235, 405, 451, 510 Gunderson (2022) 245, 246, 249 Hachlili (2005) 385, 388, 437, 485 Rubenstein (2018) 53, 54, 55, 56, 63, 64, 65 Schwartz (2008) 526 Stuckenbruck (2007) 628 Tanaseanu-Döbler and von Alvensleben (2020) 7, 9, 78, 79, 293
lamps, as cult objects	Hahn Emmel and Gotter (2008) 169, 174
lamps, burning	Stuckenbruck (2007) 628
lamps, darom type	Levine (2005) 25, 63
lamps, discus, lamps, oil	Keddie (2019) 214
lamps, epidauros asklepieion, lex sacra concerning sacred	Renberg (2017) 309
lamps, extinguished by temple servant, aristophaness plutus incubation scene	Renberg (2017) 238, 259, 308, 309
lamps, fountain of the, corinth	Kahlos (2019) 171
lamps, herodian, lamps, oil	Keddie (2019) 47, 64, 173
lamps, imhotep, use of sacred	Renberg (2017) 411
lamps, in pompeii, and sarapis	Griffiths (1975) 306
lamps, in relation to egyptian gods	Bricault et al. (2007) 380
lamps, isis boat lamps,	Tanaseanu-Döbler and von Alvensleben (2020) 7, 77
lamps, isis pelagia, on	Griffiths (1975) 196, 259, 261, 264, 326, 344
lamps, lucernae	Bruun and Edmondson (2015) 673
lamps, magical implements	Bortolani et al (2019) 17, 118, 120, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 135, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144, 147, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 157, 175, 180
lamps, oil	Keddie (2019) 5, 214 Levine (2005) 63, 111, 112, 128
lamps, on sabbath	Rubenstein (2018) 59
lamps, pagan, pagans	Levine (2005) 111, 128, 359
lamps, pompeii, iseum in	Griffiths (1975) 306
lamps, pompeii, iseum in boat-shaped	Griffiths (1975) 195
lamps, religion, greek, use of sacred	Renberg (2017) 308, 309, 411
lamps, saqqâra, general, use of sacred	Renberg (2017) 409, 410, 411
lamps, shaped as boats, isis, on	Griffiths (1975) 46, 195
lamps, use at cyrene sanctuary of iatros	Renberg (2017) 308, 309
lamps, use at hammat gader	Renberg (2017) 811, 813, 814
lamps, use in greek and egyptian religion	Renberg (2017) 308, 309, 411
lamps/torches	Nuno et al (2021) 163, 164, 171, 183, 184, 194, 196, 202, 224, 280, 377

List of validated texts:

9 validated results for "lamp"

1. None, None, nan (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Ritual, of lamp divination • lamp divination • magical implements, lamps

Found in books: Bortolani et al (2019) 135; Corrigan and Rasimus (2013) 65

2. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 16.164 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Lampe, P. • lamps, oil • pagan, pagans, lamps

Found in books: Kraemer (2010) 91; Levine (2005) 128

16.164. ἐὰν δέ τις φωραθῇ κλέπτων τὰς ἱερὰς βίβλους αὐτῶν ἢ τὰ ἱερὰ χρήματα ἔκ τε σαββατείου ἔκ τε ἀνδρῶνος, εἶναι αὐτὸν ἱερόσυλον καὶ τὸν βίον αὐτοῦ ἐνεχθῆναι εἰς τὸ δημόσιον τῶν ̔Ρωμαίων.''. None

16.164. But if any one be caught stealing their holy books, or their sacred money, whether it be out of the synagogue or public school, he shall be deemed a sacrilegious person, and his goods shall be brought into the public treasury of the Romans.''. None

3. Tacitus, Annals, 15.44 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • lamp • lamps

Found in books: Gunderson (2022) 245, 246, 249; Ker and Wessels (2020) 1

15.44. Et haec quidem humanis consiliis providebantur. mox petita dis piacula aditique Sibyllae libri, ex quibus supplicatum Vulcano et Cereri Proserpinaeque ac propitiata Iuno per matronas, primum in Capitolio, deinde apud proximum mare, unde hausta aqua templum et simulacrum deae perspersum est; et sellisternia ac pervigilia celebravere feminae quibus mariti erant. sed non ope humana, non largitionibus principis aut deum placamentis decedebat infamia quin iussum incendium crederetur. ergo abolendo rumori Nero subdidit reos et quaesitissimis poenis adfecit quos per flagitia invisos vulgus Christianos appellabat. auctor nominis eius Christus Tiberio imperitante per procuratorem Pontium Pilatum supplicio adfectus erat; repressaque in praesens exitiabilis superstitio rursum erumpebat, non modo per Iudaeam, originem eius mali, sed per urbem etiam quo cuncta undique atrocia aut pudenda confluunt celebranturque. igitur primum correpti qui fatebantur, deinde indicio eorum multitudo ingens haud proinde in crimine incendii quam odio humani generis convicti sunt. et pereuntibus addita ludibria, ut ferarum tergis contecti laniatu canum interirent, aut crucibus adfixi aut flammandi, atque ubi defecisset dies in usum nocturni luminis urerentur. hortos suos ei spectaculo Nero obtulerat et circense ludicrum edebat, habitu aurigae permixtus plebi vel curriculo insistens. unde quamquam adversus sontis et novissima exempla meritos miseratio oriebatur, tamquam non utilitate publica sed in saevitiam unius absumerentur.''. None

15.44. \xa0So far, the precautions taken were suggested by human prudence: now means were sought for appeasing deity, and application was made to the Sibylline books; at the injunction of which public prayers were offered to Vulcan, Ceres, and Proserpine, while Juno was propitiated by the matrons, first in the Capitol, then at the nearest point of the sea-shore, where water was drawn for sprinkling the temple and image of the goddess. Ritual banquets and all-night vigils were celebrated by women in the married state. But neither human help, nor imperial munificence, nor all the modes of placating Heaven, could stifle scandal or dispel the belief that the fire had taken place by order. Therefore, to scotch the rumour, Nero substituted as culprits, and punished with the utmost refinements of cruelty, a class of men, loathed for their vices, whom the crowd styled Christians. Christus, the founder of the name, had undergone the death penalty in the reign of Tiberius, by sentence of the procurator Pontius Pilatus, and the pernicious superstition was checked for a moment, only to break out once more, not merely in Judaea, the home of the disease, but in the capital itself, where all things horrible or shameful in the world collect and find a vogue. First, then, the confessed members of the sect were arrested; next, on their disclosures, vast numbers were convicted, not so much on the count of arson as for hatred of the human race. And derision accompanied their end: they were covered with wild beasts' skins and torn to death by dogs; or they were fastened on crosses, and, when daylight failed were burned to serve as lamps by night. Nero had offered his Gardens for the spectacle, and gave an exhibition in his Circus, mixing with the crowd in the habit of a charioteer, or mounted on his car. Hence, in spite of a guilt which had earned the most exemplary punishment, there arose a sentiment of pity, due to the impression that they were being sacrificed not for the welfare of the state but to the ferocity of a single man. <"". None

4. None, None, nan (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Isis Pelagia, on lamps • lamp divination • magical implements, lamps

Found in books: Bortolani et al (2019) 136; Griffiths (1975) 326

5. Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History, 5.18.2 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Lampe, P., • veiling of xxxvi, lamp-beari; order of

Found in books: Huttner (2013) 260; Tabbernee (2007) 115

5.18.2. His actions and his teaching show who this new teacher is. This is he who taught the dissolution of marriage; who made laws for fasting; who named Pepuza and Tymion, small towns in Phrygia, Jerusalem, wishing to gather people to them from all directions; who appointed collectors of money; who contrived the receiving of gifts under the name of offerings; who provided salaries for those who preached his doctrine, that its teaching might prevail through gluttony.''. None

6. None, None, nan (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Ritual, of lamp divination • lamp divination • lychnomancy (lamp divination) • magical implements, lamps

Found in books: Bortolani et al (2019) 17, 118, 120, 121, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 153, 155, 165, 166, 175; Corrigan and Rasimus (2013) 65; Johnston (2008) 158, 159, 160, 161, 164

7. None, None, nan (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • lamps • lamps, Isis boat lamps

Found in books: Breytenbach and Tzavella (2022) 121; Tanaseanu-Döbler and von Alvensleben (2020) 7, 78

8. Epigraphy, Ig Ii2, 4771
Tagged with subjects: • Cult personnel (Egyptian and Greco-Egyptian), lamp-lighter • Imhotep, use of sacred lamps • Lamps, use in Greek and Egyptian religion • Religion (Greek), use of sacred lamps • Saqqâra (general), use of sacred lamps • lamps

Found in books: Renberg (2017) 411; Tanaseanu-Döbler and von Alvensleben (2020) 78

4771. The columns (kionia) and pediment (aitoma) and the latticed partitions (kinklides) and the (statue of) Aphrodite she dedicated to the Goddess from her own resources (5) having repaired both (the statue of) the goddess itself and the things related to it; she was her lamplighter (luchnaptria) and dream-interpreter (oneirokritis). In charge of the vestments was Aemilius (10) Attikos of Melite; the priest, bearer (iakchagogos) of the image of Iakchos, was the son of Dionysios of Marathon, temple attendant (zakoros) and bearer of the holy vessels (hagiaphoros) was Eukarpos. text from Attic Inscriptions Online, IG II²
4771 - Dedication of a shrine to Aphrodite/Isis ''. None

9. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • lamps • lamps, Isis boat lamps

Found in books: Breytenbach and Tzavella (2022) 121; Tanaseanu-Döbler and von Alvensleben (2020) 77

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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