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About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Jar Inscribed, Greek
Period: Early Roman (period)
Material: Pottery
Site: Horevot Mazada
Description: Storage jar with Greek inscription on neck, written upside down: Kalon Kerameion, 'vessel of better quality'. Found at Herod's storeroom complex reused by the rebels (66-73/74 CE).
Bibliography:
Bar-Nathan R. 2006. Masada VII The Yigael Yadin Excavations 1963-1965, Final Reports. The Pottery of Masada.. Jerusalem, 41-76, Fig. 11: 9, A.
Cotton H. M. and Geiger J. 1989. 180-184, Plate 30: 856.

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