National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Bag 
Period: Middle Roman (70-135 CE)
Material: Leather
Site: Nahal Hever
Lenght: 34 cm
Wide: 34 cm
Description: Leather purse, probably contained documents. The red and black purse decorated with a black rosette in applique technique and red leather fringes has been sewn with linen thread. The upper edges of the purse have been reinforced by leather band decorated by two thin leather strips. The purse is closed by drawing on the string at the top.
Bibliography:
Iadin Y. 1963. The Find from the Bar Kokhba Period in the Cave of Letters. Jerusalem, 157-168, Fig. 58.

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Bag 
Photographer :Clara Amit

Bag 
Photographer :Clara Amit





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