Terra cotta oil lamp. Herodian, 1st century AD until AD 73 (end of the Jewish War). Straight sides and rim around shoulders. Two incised concentric circles below a line on nozzle, rim around shoulders, small hole under nozzle. Length: 7.9cm. Crack along rim. Cf. N. Adler, Oil lamps of the Holy Land: The Adler Collection (2004), no. 118.
From the Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection.