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Late Roman - Byzantine, Holyland (Syria Palaestina), Bi-Lanceolate Pottery Oil Lamp, c. 270 - 500 A.D.
| Adler notes these lamps are found throughout the northern part of Israel, especially in Beit Shean and Hamat Gader, and date to the fourth and fifth centuries. Sussman lists more than a dozen very similar lamps, most found at Beit Shean, and she dates them to the late third and fourth centuries. At this time,, Beit Shean, was primarily Christian, as attested to by the large number of churches including a rotunda church on top of the Tell. Evidence of Jewish habitation and a Samaritan synagogue indicate established minority communities. Click the photo of the Roman Theater at Beit Shean, on the right, to learn more about the city. |  |
AL93922. Bi-lanceolate pottery oil lamp; Adler Collection (website) type N2; cf. Schloessinger 450; Bailey BMC -, Choice, complete and intact, bumps, light encrustations; 8.0 cm (3 1/8") long, c. 270 - 500 A.D.; pink-buff clay, mold made with incised and punched decoration, the body includes the entire lamp from tip of nozzle to tip of handle, wide rim surrounds a large fill hole, incised herring-bone geometric wreath pattern on narrow shoulders, two pellets in annulets on the nozzle, three incised lines lengthwise on the handle; SOLD
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