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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

The Sifting project found a potsherd with reed-impression decorations

THE TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT: FIND AND FINDER OF THE MONTH: REED IMPRESSIONS IN CERAMIC ORNAMENTATION.
Leah Navarre from France made an exciting discovery while volunteering with the Temple Mount Sifting Project—a ceramic fragment bearing ancient reed impressions.

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Reed impressions span much of ancient history, but the suggested date for this sherd is "the late First Temple period (ca. 800–586 BCE)."

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