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Radiocarbon Dating of Several Ancient Jewish Oil Lamps from Rome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Leonard V Rutgers ,
Klaas von der Borg  and
Arie F M de Jong
Leonard V Rutgers*
Affiliation:
Institute of History, Utrecht University, Drift 10, 3512 BS, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Klaas von der Borg
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Utrecht University, POB 80000, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands
Arie F M de Jong
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Utrecht University, POB 80000, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands
*
Corresponding author. Email: Leonard.Rutgers@let.uu.nl
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In this paper, we discuss how the radiocarbon dating of soot on oil lamps can help determine the chronology of the Jewish catacombs of Rome. We also explore the ramifications of our work for the typological study of Roman period terracotta lamps.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , 2007 , pp. 1215 - 1219
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Copyright © 2007 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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