A NORTH-AFRICAN RED TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP DEPICTING A LION or the Festival of Lights

or the Festival of Lights

Hollow objects filled with pebbles or pieces of clay have been discovered at Iron Age sites

- **Iron Age II (1000–586 BCE)**: Begins with the United Monarchy of David and Solomon

or a narrow coastal strip from Acre (ʿAkko) northward

Time of Jesus 1st Century AD

A NORTH-AFRICAN RED TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP DEPICTING A LION or the Festival of LightsAfrican red slip ware, also African Red Slip or ARS, is a category of terra sigillata, or fine Ancient Roman pottery produced from the mid 1st century AD into the 7th century in the province of Africa Proconsularis, specifically that part roughly coinciding with the modern country of Tunisia and the Diocletianic provinces of Byzacena and Zeugitana. It is distinguished by a thick orange red slip over a slightly granular fabric. Interior surfaces are