Ancient stone jar display at the Knesset

EXHIBITION AND POLITICS: Rare 2,000-year-old jar valued by Jewish law on display for Knesset anniversary. The artifact is part of an archaeological exhibition aimed at highlighting the models of Jewish communal leadership from ancient times to the modern Israeli parliament (Rossella Tercatin, Times of Israel).

A rare 2,000-year-old stone vessel recently uncovered in the Galilee is on display for the first time as part of the exhibition, “From the Great Assembly to the Knesset” at the Knesset in Jerusalem to celebrate the building’s 60th anniversary, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced in a statement on Monday.

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The display includes a couple of intriguing inscription fragments.

I keep pretty good track of ancient stone vessel discoveries in Israel, but this one, from "the Pundaka de Lavi site in the Lower Galilee," is new to me. For a couple of stone vessel workshops elsewhere in the Galilee, see here.

For more on ancient Jewish stone vessels and their purity implications, start here and follow the links, notably here.

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