1,700-year-old oil lamp factory

Exquisite ancient lamps with rare Jewish motifs unearthed in Israel open up new perspectives on ancient religious life.

While excavating near Beit Nattif, a village about 20 km southwest of Jerusalem, Israel, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority unexpectedly found a unique complex of ancient relics. Photo: @Israel Antiquities Authority.

These are the remains of an ancient oil lamp factory, including hundreds of ceramic oil lamps, stone lamp molds and terracotta figurines at a site near Beit Nattif. Photo: @Israel Antiquities Authority.

This oil lamp factory is estimated to be about 1,700 years old. Photo: @Israel Antiquities Authority.

“The figurines and lamp motifs found in the Beit Nattif area tell the story of the Judean Hills in the period following the region’s most famous Bar Kokhba Revolt,” said Dr. Benyamin Storchan, an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority. Photo: @Israel Antiquities Authority.

Meanwhile, a small number of ceramic oil lamps are decorated with typical Jewish symbols such as the shofar, incense burner and seven-branched candlestick. Photo: @Israel Antiquities Authority.

There is even a lamp depicting a menorah with an incense shovel and a special palm branch, called a "lulav", which was used in ancient Jewish rituals. Photo: @Israel Antiquities Authority.

This oil lamp factory produced a rich variety of ceramic oil lamps imbued with Jewish culture and religion to meet the region's continuing needs some 1,700 years ago. Photo: @Israel Antiquities Authority

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