National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Fragment Basket 
Period: Early Roman (period)
Material: Palm Fibre
Site: Mezad Rahel
Lenght: 13 cm
Wide: 8.5 cm
Description: Checker plaiting. A small basket was made of wide palm leaflets, and had neither handles nor spun or plied parts. The fronts ends were finished in the continuous element self-selvedge.
Bibliography:
Shamir O. 1999. Textiles, Basketry, and Cordage from `En Rahel.. ATIQOT 38: 91-124, Fig. 29.





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