Elements of Christian visual culture appeared in
various media in monumental and applied art during the late
antique period, from painted decoration in the catacombs,
through funerary monuments, to utilitarian objects such as
jewellery and lamps. The paper analyses the symbolic meaning
of fish and maritime motifs in the context of the late antique
visual culture of the Mediterranean and their meaning within
the Interpretatio Christiana, as well as the appearance of these
motifs on late antique lamps. Ten lamps with maritime motifs
or in the form of fish or dolphins are known from the territory
of the Central Balkans. Elements of decoration are considered
in relation to analogies, textual references, and the context of
the finds.