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Late Roman to late Byzantine/early Islamic period lamps in the Holy Land : the collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority /

This volume illustrates lamps from the Byzantine period excavated in the Holy Land and demonstrates the extent of their development since the first enclosing/capturing of light (fire) within a portable man-made vessel. Lamps, which held important material and religious functions during daily life an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sussman, Varda (Author)
Corporate Author: Israel. Rashut ha-ʻatiḳot
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2017].
Series:Archaeopress archaeology.
Subjects:
Israel. > Rashut ha-ʻatiḳot > Catalogs.
Lamps, Classical > Israel.
Lamps, Classical > Palestine.
Jewish lamps > Antiquities.
Samaritans > Antiquities.
Lamps, Early Christian.
Islam > Antiquities.
Byzantine antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Israel.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Palestine.
Israel > Antiquities.
Palestine > Antiquities.
Table of Contents:
  • The Southern region: Judean Shephelah
  • The Yavne region: (I. LR2a, LR5a included above) and II. LR 11, II. LR11a
  • Jerusalem workshops, types III. LR12-III.B15 (Map 4)
  • Negev, Southern region, wheel-made oil lamps
  • The Samaria Region (V. LR 18
  • V. B27)
  • The Phoenician coast including the Northern part of the country (VI. I B31- VI.III B 45)
  • The Bet She'an boundary, eastern part of the Decapolis (VII. LR45-VII. B54)
  • Imported Oil Lamps
  • Bibliography
  • Concordance Table of Sites
  • Catalogue
  • Plates.