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Hanukkah lamps

Scope note

Lamps with eight small oil fonts or candle sockets, one for each day of observance of the festival of Hanukkah, and a ninth oil font or candle socket, called the shamash or server, used for lighting the others. Often confused with the menorah, the holy candelabra used in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and described in the Book of Exodus.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000180588

Broader Terms used

<lamps by function>

Equivalent Terms used

Hanukkah lamp

Created

13yrs ago

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