10-31-2011, 08:31 AM
interesting tiny find~6th century!
A bone box unearthed in Jerusalem is a 1,400-year-old Christian token, archaeologists have revealed.
The small, intricately carved box made of cow, horse or camel bone was found on an excavated street in the city.
It was probably carried by a religious believer around the end of the sixth century, according to Yana Tchekhanovets, a member of the Israel Antiquities Authority, who found the relic.
A bone box unearthed in Jerusalem is a 1,400-year-old Christian token, archaeologists have revealed.
The small, intricately carved box made of cow, horse or camel bone was found on an excavated street in the city.
It was probably carried by a religious believer around the end of the sixth century, according to Yana Tchekhanovets, a member of the Israel Antiquities Authority, who found the relic.