Biblical Archaeology Review

Biblical Archaeology Review is the flagship publication of the Biblical Archaeology Society. For more than 40 years it has been making the world of archaeology in the lands of the Bible come alive for the interested layperson. Full of vivid images and articles written by leading scholars, this is a must read for anyone interested in the archaeology of the ancient Near East.

Endnote 11 - Small Inventions? They Changed How People Lived in the Hellenistic Age

One striking example is the so-called Ephesos Lamp, dated to the early second century B.C.E. Examples were found in quantities as far apart as Athens (Howland, The Athenian Agora, p. 166) and at various sites in Palestine. See Houston R. Smith, “The Household Lamps of Palestine in Intertestamental Times,” Biblical Archaeologist 27 (1964), p. 112, fig. 8; and Nahman Avigad, Discovering Jerusalem (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1980), p. 88.

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