 IAA Number: 1999-9010
 | Object's Name: Net for catching birds
Period: Middle Roman
Material: Palm Fibre,Linen
Site: Nahal Hever
Lenght: 1600 cm
Wide: 600 cm
Description: The net carefully folded and tied by ropes . It is well preserved and
entirely intact.
It tapered down towards one end, and was opened wide at the other. It
was a fowling-net, brought to the cave in the hope of catching birds
for food.
Bibliography: Yadin Y. 1963. The Finds from Bar-Kokba Period in the Cave of Letters.. Jerusalem, 267-269, 101-102.
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