Herodium Oil Lamp. 23 B.C.E ruby Size: 111x79

Size: 111x79

excellent condition late 19th century nativity icon with very good details pant

Polished Red Ware

They could be handmade

20th Century (1900-1920)

Herodium Oil Lamp. 23 B.C.E ruby Size: 111x79Size: 8. 5x6 cm. 3. 3x2. 4 inch. Herodium (Latin), best known in Israel as Herodeion is a truncated cone shaped hill, 12 kilometres (7. 5 mi) south of Jerusalem and 5 kilometres (3. 1 mi) southeast of Bethlehem, in the Judaean Desert, West Bank. Herod The Great built a palace fortress and a small town at Herodium, between 23 and 15 BCE, and is believed to have been buried there. Herodium is 758 meters (2,487 ft) above sea level, the highest peak in