National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Fragment Textile 
Period: Middle Roman (70-135 CE)
Material: Linen
Site: Nahal Hever
Lenght: 77 cm
Wide: 34 cm
Description: Linen textile decorated with self-band and fringes. In the lower part, there are 'sacs' with different material, probably used as curative or apotropaic intent.
Bibliography:
Yadin Y. 1963. The Find from the Bar Kokhba Period in the Cave of Letters.. Jerusalem, 258-259, Pl. 90; fIg. 86.
י. ידין 1961. ממצאים ממערת האגרות. ירושלים, 265-266, לוח 90; ציור 86.





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