Editing Temple menorah (section)

== In art ==

=== Jewish art ===
[[File:Menorah_in_the_Cave_of_the_Sarcophagi_(5).jpg|thumb|Menorah in the Cave of the Sarcophagi, [[Beit She'arim necropolis]]]]The use of the temple menorah as an artistic decoration during the [[Second Temple period]] and up to the [[Bar Kokhba revolt]] is quite rare. Examples were uncovered in burial caves near [[Mukhmas]] (ancient [[Michmas]]),<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Raviv |first=Dvir |date=2018 |title=A Seven-Branched Menorah Graffito from Kafr Mukhmas |url= |journal=Strata: Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society |volume=36 |pages=87–99}}</ref> in the [[Herodian Quarter]] in the [[Old City of Jerusalem]], and in [[Magdala]] (on the [[Magdala stone|Magdala Stone]]). The use of menorahs in Jewish art and in particular in Jewish [[funerary art]] became much more common in the late Roman and Byzantine periods.

=== Samaritan art ===
The menorah was a distinctive symbol of [[Samaritans|Samaritan]] identity during the Byzantine and Islamic periods. [[Spolia|Repurposed]] stone menorah reliefs, some with accompanying plant decorations, have been found in contemporary structures in several villages of ancient [[Samaria]], including [[Hajjah, Qalqilya|Qariyet Hajjah]], [[Kafr Abbush]], [[Kafr Zibad]], [[Kafr Qaddum]] and [[Jit, Qalqilya|Kafr Jit]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Erlich (Zhabo) |first1=Ze’ev H. |last2=Rotter |first2=Meir |date=2021 |title=ארבע מנורות שומרוניות בכפר חג'ה שבשומרון |trans-title=Four Samaritan Menorahs from the village of Hajjeh, Samaria |url=https://www.ariel.ac.il/wp/ihd/2021/11/24/%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%91-%d7%aa%d7%aa%d6%be%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%a7%d7%a2%d7%99-%d7%9e%d7%aa%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%a4%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%96%d7%9c-2-%d7%91%d7%97%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%91%d7%aa-%d7%90%d7%9c%d6%be-2/ |journal=במעבה ההר |publisher=Ariel University Publishing |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=188–204 |doi=10.26351/IHD/11-2/3 |s2cid=245363335 |access-date=25 March 2022 |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310051315/https://www.ariel.ac.il/wp/ihd/2021/11/24/%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%91-%d7%aa%d7%aa%d6%be%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%a7%d7%a2%d7%99-%d7%9e%d7%aa%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%a4%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%96%d7%9c-2-%d7%91%d7%97%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%91%d7%aa-%d7%90%d7%9c%d6%be-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>