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A Lacrymatory, at the Beja museum in Portugal.. A lacrymatory, lachrymatory or lacrimarium (from the Latin lacrima, 'tear') is a small vessel of terracotta or, more frequently, of glass, found in Roman and late Greek tombs, and formerly supposed to have been bottles into which mourners dropped their tears.
Objects used in Jewish rituals are known collectively as Judaica. The conservation and restoration of Judaica takes into account the collective body of Jewish religious laws derived from the written and oral Torah known as halacha in order to properly care for these materials. This work involves identifying these objects and therefore knowing ...
The grave goods of Jewish ossuaries at Jericho in the Second Temple period often include unguentaria along with bowls, lamps, and various vessels ordinarily encountered in daily life. [54] Unguentaria have also been found in Athens in ritual pyres along with the burnt bones of animal sacrifice and smashed pottery. [55]
Jar C is a not a whole item, like A and B, it's just a chunk with the container's handle and the beginnings of a few lines. [citation needed] Meshel sees a personal name Asa on line 1 and perhaps "lamb" on line 2. [citation needed]
Across the Transjordan region, fragments of stone vessels have been discovered within the confines of the Jewish-settled Peraea, while a significant assemblage was found in Tel Zar'ah, near Gadara, aligning with historical accounts of Jewish presence in these areas according to Josephus. [21] [23]
LMLK seal on a jar at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, 2013 LMLK seals on display at the Hecht Museum in Haifa, 2010 LMLK seals on the display at the Hecht Museum in Haifa, 2010. Several hundred seal impressions made on the same type of jar handle have been found in the same contexts as the LMLK stamps.
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According to the editors of the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, the phrase netilat yadaim referring to washing of the hands, literally "lifting of the hands", is derived either from Psalm 134:2, or from the Greek word natla (αντλίον in Hebrew נַטְלָה), in reference to the jar of water used. [19] The Jewish Encyclopedia states that many ...