{"id":86204,"date":"2021-05-26T17:05:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=86204"},"modified":"2021-05-18T07:49:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T05:49:41","slug":"26-05-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=86204","title":{"rendered":"Second Temple period \u2018lucky lamp\u2019 found on Jerusalem\u2019s Pilgrimage Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jpost.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/archaeology\/second-temple-period-lucky-lump-found-on-jerusalems-pilgrimage-road-667255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Second Temple period \u2018lucky lamp\u2019 found on Jerusalem\u2019s Pilgrimage Road<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> ROSSELLA TERCATIN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Experts believe that the lamp and the building date to the period immediately after the destruction of the Temple at the hands of the Roman in 70 CE.<\/h5>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/590066524001\/17afba39-9902-4343-a46b-498c3530b08e_default\/index.html?videoId=6252647871001\" width=\"680\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Second Temple period \u2018lucky lamp\u2019 found on Jerusalem\u2019s Pilgrimage Road<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A unique bronze \u2018lucky charm\u2019 lamp dating back to the end of the Second Temple period was unearthed in Jerusalem in a Roman structure built on the site known as Pilgrimage Road, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The artifact, shaped as a half-face with grotesque features, represents a unique finding in the city and possibly in the whole land of Israel. It was uncovered during excavations carried out by the IAA in the Jerusalem Walls-City of David National Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pilgrimage Road is the path which, according to experts, ancient Jews walked to ascent the Temple Mount as they were performing the commandment of going up to the holy sanctuary three times a year \u2013 in the festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe street was built during the period of Governor Pontius Pilates,\u201d IAA archaeologist Ari Levy told The Jerusalem Post. \u201cIt was inaugurated around the year 30 CE and it was used for about 40 years until the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The 2,000-year-old road goes all the way from the Shiloah Pool \u2013 where pilgrims used to ritually purify themselves as required by Jewish law \u2013 to the area adjacent to the Western Wall known as Robinson\u2019s Arch. Its imperial structure, as well as several items found during the excavation, such as stone vessels unable to receive ritual impurity, testify of its role in Jewish history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/t_Article2016_ControlFaceDetect\/475846\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>The building on the Pilgrimage Road in the City of David, where the bronze oil lamp was uncovered. ( Koby Harati, City of David)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The area was destroyed during the Great Jewish Revolt and lost its Jewish connotation. However, it remained strategic to ensure the access of the city to the pool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe Romans considered the location important and built a structure in order to protect the access of the city to the water,\u201d Levy said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">During their work, the archaeologists encountered the building erected on top of the road and decided to excavate its foundations to find materials which would allow them to date it. This way, they also uncovered the lamp.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThis object is very symbolic,\u201d the archaeologists explained. \u201cIt is a lamp, and it could have been used to make light, but there is much more to it than that. It was buried in the foundations of the building in order to bring luck to the structure and to the people who used it, in order to guard them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cDecorated bronze oil lamps were discovered throughout the Roman Empire,\u201d Dr. Yuval Baruch of the IAA said in a press release. \u201cFor the most part, such oil lamps stood on stylish candelabras or were hung on a chain. Collections around the world contain thousands of these bronze lamps, many of which were made in intricate shapes, indicating the artistic freedom that Roman metal artists possessed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Meanwhile, this half of a lamp, and in fact half a face, which was discovered in the City of David, is a very rare object, with only a few discovered in the whole world, and is the first of its kind to be discovered in Jerusalem,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The reason why the lamp was shaped as only half a face, with bulging eyes and a menacing grin, remains a mystery. According to the archaeologists, it might have been connected to the need of attaching it to a flat object, such as a wall, or had spiritual and ritual reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe face depicted in the lamp is grotesque, and it appears to similar to a theater mask, which was a common theme in the Greco-Roman culture,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThe separate head piece, which was connected in a different way is in the shape of an acanthus leaf, which inspired many artistic motifs in the ancient world, including the Corinthian capitols.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The researchers were surprised to find out that the lamp still contains its wick. Future analysis will be able to determine whether the lamp was ever used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Together with the lamp, the archaeologists found coins, pottery and organic material to perform a radio-carbon test, all of which confirmed that the building dated back to the period between the two Jewish Revolts.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">After Jerusalem was turned into the Roman colony of Aelia Capitolina in 136 CE, the building and the area were definitely abandoned. 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