Yes, WHOSE knowledge? Whose beliefs?
If anything my impression from decades of allegories that conflate knowledge with light have been more on the side of "light a candle to counter the dark" or a lamplight representative of the founding of this country. The very LAST thing I'd associate knowledge with is an Arabic/Persian lamp.
I don't care what the official byline of this organization's says or purports to mean. Like porno, I know it when I see it.
The lamp does look more Aladdin-ish than Roman. Roman ones were simpler.