A NORTH-AFRICAN RED TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP DEPICTING A LION Herod Agrippa II was the

Herod Agrippa II was the son of the first and better-known Herod Agrippa

They were often placed in burial caves to collect the tears of mourners

or the Festival of Lights

King David mentions this tradition in Psalms 56:8: “…put my tears into your bottle

A NORTH-AFRICAN RED TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP DEPICTING A LION Herod Agrippa II was theAfrican 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