Dead Sea Scroll Jar and Lid in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2019

Dead Sea Scroll jar and lid, ca. 2nd century B.C.


Object Details

Date: ca. 2nd century B.C.

Geography: Qumran

Medium: Ceramic

Dimensions: Jar: H. 62 cm (24 7/16 in); Diam. 27.9 cm (11 in.); Lid: H. 7.7 cm (3 1/16); Diam. 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.)

Classification: Ceramics-Vessels

Credit Line: Gift of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1964

Accession Number: 64.26a, b


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/325659