National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Fragment Textile 
Period: Roman
Material: Linen
Site: Qumran Caves
Lenght: 24 cm
Wide: 15 cm
Description: Linen textile with blue lines, design rectangles.The border rolled and whipped with blue threads. The textile used as scroll wrappers
Bibliography:
G. M. Crowfoot 1955. "The Linen Textiles", In: D. Barhelemy & J. T. Milik (eds.), Discoveries in the Judaean Desert 1: Qumran caves. DJD 18-38.
O. Shamir and N. Sukenik, 2011. Qumran Textiles and the Garments of Qumran`s Inhabitant. DSD 18: 206-225.





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