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About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Gem Inscribed, Greek, Quadriga
Period: Middle Roman - Late Roman
Material: Black Jasper
Site: Jerusalem, Old City, Western and Southern Walls
Lenght: 16.9 mm
Wide: 13 mm
Description: A male figure rides a chariot pulled by four horses (quadriga). Above is a retrograde inscription, an indication that the gem was used as a seal. The word "tele" is probably an abbreviation of the Greek name Telemachos.
Bibliography:
Peleg-Barkat O. 2011. The Roman Intaglios From The Temple Mount Excavations, in: E. Mazar: The Temple Mount Excavations Volium IV. QEDEM 52: 255-304, Fig. 15.2: 6.
Cotton H.M. et al 2012. Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. 70, Fig. 768.1-2.
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