Editing Oil lamp (section)

==={{anchor|Land of Israel/Palestine region}}Land of Israel/Palestine region===
*[[Jerusalem]] oil lamp: The clay has a characteristic black color because it was burned without oxygen. Usually of high quality.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
*Daroma oil lamp
*[[Jerash]] oil lamp
*[[Nabatean]] oil lamp
*[[Herodian]] oil lamp: Considered to be used mainly by Jews. Wheel-made, rounded, and have a nozzle with concave sides. The lamps are usually not decorated; if there is decoration, it tends to be simple. Very common throughout all of [[Judea]], and some lamps have also been found in [[Jordan]]. Date from the 1st century BC to the end of the 1st century AD.
*[[Menorah (Temple)|Menorah oil lamp]], seven nozzles: Rare and are associated with Judaism because of the numerical connection with the seven branches or arms of the Menorah.
*[[Samaritan]] oil lamp: Characterized by a sealed filling hole, which was to be broken by the buyer. This was probably done to ensure ritual purity. They have a wider spout, and the concavities flanking the nozzle are almost always emphasized with a ladder pattern band. In general, the lamps are uncoated. The decorations are linear or geometric.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sussman |first=Varda |date=1983 |title=The Samaritan Oil Lamps from Apollonia-Arsuf |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1179/tav.1983.1983.1.71 |journal=Tel Aviv |language=en |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=71–96 |doi=10.1179/tav.1983.1983.1.71 |issn=0334-4355|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
**Type I: A distinct channel runs from the pouring hole to the nozzle. They have a small knob handle, a ladder pattern around the nozzle and no ornamentation on the bottom of the base.
**Type II: Pear-shaped and elongated, with a lined channel that extends from the filling hole to the nozzle. Continued to be used up to the early Muslim period.
*Candle Stick oil lamp: Menorah design on the nozzle and [[bunch of grapes]] on the shoulders.
*Byzantine oil lamp: The upper parts and their handles are covered with braided patterns. All are made of a dark orange-red clay. A rounded bottom with a distinct X or cross appears inside the circled base.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ancient Oil Lamps, Archeology and Anthropology Collections, Library - Wesleyan University |url=https://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/collections/arch-anth/highlights/ancient_oil_lamps.html |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.wesleyan.edu}}</ref>
*Early Islamic oil lamp: Large knob handle and the channel above the nozzle are the dominant elements of these. The handle is tongue-shaped, and decoration is rich and elegant. The lower parts are extremely broad and the nozzles are pointed.

[[File:Hanging Lamps 1.JPG|thumbnail|Lamps in a temple at [[Wayanad]], Kerala, India]]