A moldmade lamp found in the Area 11 monastic cells with the decoration that resembles the design on Early Islamic coins of the Umayyad Caliphate. The lamp is tentatively dated to the 10th century.




Moldmade lamp found in the Area 11 monastic cells that dates to the 11th century.




Moldmade lamp found in the Area 11 monastic cells that dates to the 11th century.




Moldmade lamp found in the Area 11 monastic cells that dates to the 11th century. Abundant lamp black around the nozzle of the lamp.




Moldmade lamp found in the Area 11 monastic cells that dates to the 11th century. Abundant lamp black around the nozzle of the lamp.




Moldmade lamp found in the Area 9 monastic church/cathedral that dates to the 10th century.




Unglazed hooded saucer lamp found in the Area 9 monastic church/cathedral that dates to the Seljuk Period of the 11th century. Identical lamps were found in the loci beneath the Ayyubid Period elite houses in Area 2.




Unglazed lamp in the shape of a lancehead found in the Area 9 monastic church/cathedral that dates to the Seljuk Period of the 11th century.




Blue and Black glazed hooded saucer lamp found in locus 663010 in the ruins of the Area 6 suq (Arabic, market) destroyed by the Mongols in either AD 1259 or 1260. Hundreds of this lamp form were discovered in the Area 4 khan (elite hotel), Area 7 khan (non-elite hotel), and Area 6 suq. A half dozen examples of this lamp form were found just beneath the surface of the Area 3 church where they had been placed as offering lamps around the ruined haikal (Aramaic, Holy Room).