The Weekly Find – Lamp and Bowl Deposits

 This week we will be discussing “Lamp and bowl” deposits. “Lamp and bowl” deposits are a series of vessels (two to six) that were placed in the corner of a room, usually under the floor or in the foundation trench dug for a wall. The deposits include bowls and lamps, although no set number of items was used, and at times, only bowls or only lamps are found. The deposits are typical of the Late Bronze Age II (13th century BCE) and Early Iron Age I (12th-11th Centuries BCE).