We are pleased to present you with catalogue number 2 of Jerusalem Numismatics Auction House.
Text: L.Alexander Wolfe, Itamar Atzmon.
Photography: Daniel Rachamim.
LOT 377:
A small jug with a small handle and a pointed flat base. Decorated with a radial engraving pattern around the shoulder.
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A small jug with a small handle and a pointed flat base. Decorated with a radial engraving pattern around the shoulder.
Cf: Hayes, J. W. Roman Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum, A Catalog, Toronto 1976, p, 123, pic no. 356 for similar. 10 x 7 cm. Intact.
The Byzantine period (4th- 7th centuries A.D) is well known for its religious and cultural prosperity, in which Christianity took dominant over the land of Israel. The fine Byzantine ware refers to a unique group of vessels, produces in the Jerusalem region from the beginning of the 6th century A.D, and distinguished by its fabric and decoration.
Ex-Eugene and Monica Hollander collection, acquired from Tarshish in Jerusalem ca. 1970’s.

