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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Fragment from a Dead Sea Scroll Jar
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Fragment from a Dead Sea Scroll Jar

Place CreatedAsia
PeriodHellenistic Rule, Seleucid Dynasty
Date150-70 BCE
MediumTerracotta
Credit LineGift of Richard C. Howlett
Dimensions1 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (4.4 x 7.3 cm)
Object number2009.020.001
ProvenanceEx coll Duncan Howlett (1906-2003), Washington, D.C., acquired at Qumran, ca. 1955.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art