ALL FOUND IN ISRAEL AND ARE GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC.

MOST OF THESE LAMPS WERE MADE IN ISRAEL, ALTHOUGH A FEW ROMAN ERA ONES WERE IMPORTED TO ISRAEL DURING THE ROMAN ERA.

MOST WERE FOUND IN BURIAL CAVES BECAUSE IT WAS THE CUSTOM TO PROVIDE LIGHT AND THEREFORE ARE USUALLY IN PRISTINE CONDITION. NOTICE THAT SOME HAVE CARBON STAINS AT THE NOZZLE INDICATING THAT THEY WERE HEAVILY USED.

MANY HAVE SYMBOLS OR DESIGNS ON THEM.

ALL ARE

BYZANTINE – SAMARITAN:  400 AD (CE)   - 700 AD (CE)

EXCEPT THE FOURTH FROM LEFT MIGHT ALSO BE ISLAMIC    800 AD (CE) AND LATER