Wheel-made Knife Pared (‘Herodian’) Lamps are a well-recognized type in the southern Levant. They are often referred to as ‘Herodian’ lamps despite evidence from the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem suggesting that the chronology, while Early Roman, may not overlap with the rule of Herod the Great. This ware family was produced from the end of the 1st century BCE through the Second Jewish Revolt. They are recognizable by their simplicity: a plain, circular body, spatulated nozzle, and a ridge surrounding the filling hole. These lamps have a relatively constrained area of distribution. They have been fou...
Wheel-made Knife Pared (‘Herodian’) Lamps exhibit: a circular, wheel-made body with a flat and unmarked base; a large central filling hole often surrounded by a discus and separated from the body by a well-defined ridge; a spatulated, knife-pared, and hand-formed nozzle; and a buff fabric that may have a red or gray slip. There are at least two sub-group: plain lamps without handles (constituting the majority of the ware), and minimalist geometrically decorated lamps that may o...
Horbat Zefat 'Adi (Israel/Northern Coastal Plain)
Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands