Sifting out a holey stone vessel fragment

THE TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT BLOG: FIND AND FINDERS OF THE MONTH — THE GROSS FAMILY FOUND A PIERCED STONE VESSEL FRAGMENT.

Pierced stone vessels are uncommon, so why did someone drill through this one?

For more on ancient Jewish stone vessels and their purity implications, see here (cf. here) and links, notably here. The Sifting Project found more stone vessel fragments a couple of years ago.

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