Limestone ossuary with engraved decoration

Details

• Title

  Limestone ossuary with engraved decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › Palestinian National Authority › Jericho Governorate › Jericho (Tomb K 23) (place of excavation)

• Date

  AD 50 - 120

• Material and technique

  limestone

• Object type

  container › ossuary

• Dimensions

  26 cm (height)
  55 cm (length)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Allocated by the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1954.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1955.552

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