HELLENISTIC PERIOD OIL LAMP This vessel's textured surface and

This vessel's textured surface and purple color resemble a dried date

Felix became the procurator by the petition of his brother

appear in writings from the 15th century BCE and in the Old Testament

from her poverty

between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba

HELLENISTIC PERIOD OIL LAMP This vessel's textured surface andHellenistic Decorated Radial Lamp Hellenistic oil lamps from Judea 300 BC to 100 BC This type of oil lamp was used by the Jewish people after the exile. During the Hasmonean period we read from the Talmud about the war of the Maccabees. Chanukka comes into being at this time when the Temple in Jerusalem was defiled by Mathias Antigonus.