Lamps are important for archaeological work because they are ubiquitous, and their styles changed frequently, unlike pottery, whose styles seemed to endure for some time. Changing lamp styles allow…
It is possible to see changing tastes in decoration and the growing use of religious symbols through oil lamps. After the destruction of the Second Temple, for example, many lamps began to have a…
Glass lamps start to appear in the late fourth and early fifth centuries CE. They had considerable advantages over clay or metal lamps, in that they burned the same amount of oil but provided twice as…