Subject:  GIF: Herodian Lamp (R15 color)
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REL_15.GIF Herodian Lamp (640 X 390, 256 colors)

Herodian Lamp
Pottery with fiber wick
First century B.C.E.-first century C.E.

This type of lamp was found in strata associated with Herod's reign (37-4 B.C.E.). A similar lamp was uncovered in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, in strata dating to the destruction of the Second Temple (70 C.E.).

Characteristic features of this lamp type are a circular wheel-made body, a flat unmarked base, and a large central filling hole. The spatulate nozzle was hand-built and attached separately. Traces of a palm-fiber wick were found in the lamp's nozzle.

I52.2
Height 1 11/16 in., length 4 in.
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (74)