 IAA Number: 2003-9028/1
 | Object's Name: Fragment Textile
Period: Roman
Material: Wool,
Site: Jerusalem, Hinnom Valley, lower
Lenght: 16 cm
Wide: 16 cm
Description: Fragments of carbonized shroud. Z-spun. Imported from Greece or Rome.
The deceased was buried in primary burial wrapped with a shroud
because there was no intention to remove his bones to secondary
burial because he was ill in Leprosy and Tuberculosis.
Bibliography: Shamir O. 2007. Textiles from the 1st Century CE in Jerusalem - a Preliminary Report. Ancient Textiles Production, Craft and Society.. Exeter, 77-80.
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