IAA Number: 1996-9254
| 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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