A JEWISH TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP
Southern type,
1st-2nd century CE.
Decorated with a branch on the nozzle and around the filling hole.
This type of oil lamp is unique to southern Judea in the Herodian period
Also These lamps called Daroma lamps referring to its manufacture area as it is called in the Mishna “Daroma” (Aramaic for “south”).
area includes the southern part of Judea (the south western part of the Hebron hills), especially the area of Beit Guvrin.
Published in: Noam Adler, Oil-Lamps from the Holy Land
