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One of the few discoveries in the world: a candle for luck with a half face is found in Jerusalem
The first discovery of its kind in Jerusalem and one of the few in the world: a rare bronze candle from the 2nd-1st century AD, shaped like a half-grotesque face, was discovered in the City of David.
According to the researchers, the candle served as a foundation and was buried in a building built on the pilgrimage route, and was intended to bring good luck.
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Ziv Reinstein
Wednesday, 05 May 2021, 08:54 Updated: 09:05
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A rare bronze candle from the 1-2th century AD was discovered in the City of David (Photo: Assaf Perry, City of David)
A rare oil candle, made of bronze, was discovered in the foundations of a building dating to the Roman period - after the destruction of the Second Temple (end of the 1st century AD - first half of the 2nd century AD).
The special candle was deliberately buried in the foundations of the building and served, in the opinion of the site's researchers, as a foundation.
"Foundation offerings, which were prevalent in the ancient world, were intended for luck and to ensure the continued existence of the building and its occupants, and they were usually buried under the floors of buildings or foundations," explain Dr. Yuval Baruch and Ari Levy, the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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Probably served as a base.
The bronze candle found in the City of David (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Kobi Harati, City of David)
The candle with half a grotesque face on it (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Kobi Harati, City of David)
It is actually the half of a candle, which is poured into a sculpted mold in the shape of a half face of a bearded man figure with a grotesque appearance.
The candlestick of the candle is shaped like a crescent spring, and the handle, pulled upwards, is shaped like the acanthus plant (Syrian thistle).
The decoration that appears on the candle is reminiscent of a common Roman artistic motif, like the theatrical mask.
According to archaeologists, "This candle is a very unique find, and as far as is known, the first of its kind was discovered in the country. The uniqueness of the current object is that it is a half-face."
Researchers are debating what this means.
It may be a practical matter, of attaching the candle to a flat-walled object or to the wall as a kind of wall lamp, but also the possibility should not be ruled out that it is an object that was used in some ceremonial ritual.
The candle that was discovered in the foundations of the building.
Hotman to bring good luck (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Kobi Harati, City of David)
The building on the stepped street in the City of David, on the foundations of which the candle was exposed (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Kobi Harati, City of David)
Archaeologist of the Israel Antiquities Authority Ari Levy holds the candle (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Kobi Harati, City of David)
Another exciting discovery inside the candle itself
According to Ari Levy, director of excavations in the field on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, "The building on which the candle was exposed was built on a pilgrimage route from the late Second Temple period. The construction of such a massive structure in the period after the destruction of Jewish Jerusalem shows the importance of settlement "After the destruction of the house. It is possible that the importance of the building, and the need to bless its activities with luck by burying a foundation, stemmed from the proximity to the Shiloah pool, which also served in the Roman period as a central and only source of living water within the city."
After the candle was found, it was handed over for treatment and preservation in the metal laboratory of the Israel Antiquities Authority in the faithful hands of Ilya Reznicki.
During the treatment of the rare candle, another exciting discovery was made - inside the candle cavity was found a candle wick, which was rarely preserved.
The wick, which is a very rare find, was submitted for examination by Dr. Naama Sukenik, curator of organic finds at the Israel Antiquities Authority. Was the candle used, and if so, what oil was used to light it.
The candle is intended to intimidate anyone who tries to occupy the building (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Kobi Harati, City of David)
Inside the candle cavity was a rarely preserved linen wick (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Kobi Harati, City of David)
The candle is the first of its kind to be discovered in Jerusalem (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Kobi Harati, City of David)
According to Dr. Yuval Baruch of the Israel Antiquities Authority, “Decorated bronze candles were discovered throughout the Roman Empire.
For the most part, such candles stood on stylish candlesticks or hung on a necklace.
The collections sell thousands of items of bronze candles, many of which are made in intricate figures, indicating the artistic freedom that Roman metal artists have taken for themselves.
Meanwhile, half the candle, and in fact half the face, which was discovered in the City of David, is a very rare object, the like of which only a few sellers in the whole world, and is the first of its kind to be discovered in Jerusalem. "
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