Plate with a Menorah and Torah Shrine
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.An incised menorah and a Torah shrine are found on this plate’s rim. They resemble depictions in Samaritan synagogue art, suggesting that the piece may have originated in a Samaritan context. Olive twigs—a common motif in Samaritan, but not Jewish, art—flank the shrine.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate with a Menorah and Torah Shrine
- Date: 4th–7th century
- Geography: Made in Israel, found at Naanah
- Medium: Bronze, incised decoration
- Dimensions: Diam: 19 11/16 in. (50 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork
- Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités Orientales, Paris (AO 1265)
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters