Hasmonean bowl discovered

A 2,100-year-old stone bowl engraved with a rare Hebrew inscription – “Hyrcanus” – dating to the Hasmonean period was discovered during excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the Givʽati Parking Lot at Jerusalem’s City of David.  Hyrcanus was a common name of the time.

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/hasmonean-period-stone-bowl-engraved-with-rare-hebrew-inscription-hyrcanus-discovered/2016/12/22/

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