Red-slip ware oil lamp
Medium:Ceramic (earthenware, moulded), moulded-relief decoration, red slip
Geography: Probably made in Syria; found at Bayt Jibrin (Roman Eleutheropolis), IsraelFound at Bayt Jibrin (Roman Eleutheropolis), Israel
Date: c. 1st to 4th century AD
Period: Roman Imperial period
Object number: 910.114.554
Object History: This object is from a group of objects acquired by the ROM in 1910 from F. Vester & Co of the American Colony in Jerusalem. The records indicate that they were "Found at Beit Jibrin(?)", presumably the question mark in parentheses would suggest that the attribution is not entirely certain, or others say "bought in Beit Jebrin" by Vester or his agent. This would have been the Palestinian village of Bayt Jibrin, an important city in the Roman and Byzantine period called Eleutheropolis. The modern Israeli settlement of Beit Guvrin is to the north of the site.
