Rare Roman-Era ‘Face-Shaped’ Bronze Oil Lamp Found in Jerusalem

Archaeologists have discovered a rare bronze oil lamp in the shape of a half-face, dating to the Roman Period between 70 and 135 C.E., during excavations in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem. The lamp was uncovered in the foundations of a building along the pilgrimage road. “The offering of this lamp may attest to the importance of the building,” Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists Ari Levy and Dr. Yuval Baruch told Jewish Press, “which may have been linked t