QUMRAN 1955 B

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Location

City

Kalya [קַלְיָה]

County

Judaea [יְהוּדָה]

Region

West Bank [الضفة الغربية; הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית]

Country

Israel, Palestinian Territories

Ancient place

Qumran

Lat/Long/Alt

31.741118876821 / 35.459027294144 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

18786

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/18786

Hoard name

QUMRAN 1955 B

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

21 Mar 1955

Total number of coins

185

Summary

185 silver coins (tetradrachms, denarius, shekels) found with a ceramic vessel next to another one (Qumran 1955 A) and not far from Qumran 1955 C.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain (non Roman)
Terminal year (earliest)

-9
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain (non Roman)
Terminal year (latest)

-8
Opening year (earliest)

-126
Opening year (latest)

-126
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1955
Date of excavation (to)

1955
Site comment

Locus 120, to the right of the door on entering, two pots were buried between the floor of period I b and that of period II.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Enclosure

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Small with a wide opening. (de Vaux 1956, 567). Covered with corks made of palm fibers.

References

Reference

de Vaux, R. - 1956 - Fouilles de Khirbet Qumrân

Ref

567-568

Reference

Butcher, K. - 2004 - Coinage in Roman Syria: Northern Syria, 64 BC - AD 253

Ref

p. 217, no. 15a

Comment

'3 hoards found in the Qumrân excavations, subsequently mixed together'.

Reference

Lönnqvist, K. and Lönnqvist, M. - 2006 - The Numismatic Chronology of Qumran: Fact and Fiction

Ref

138-139

Reference

Lönnqvist, K. - 2007 - The Report of the Amman Lots of the Qumran Silver Hoards. New Chronological Aspects of the Silver Coin Hoard Evidence from Khirbet Qumran at the Dead Sea

Ref

1-72

Comment

Catalogue of coins but not separated by hoards

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Mar. 2022).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

QUMRAN 1955 B

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Small with a wide opening. (de Vaux 1956, 567). Covered with corks made of palm fibers.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

QUMRAN 1955 B

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Small with a wide opening. (de Vaux 1956, 567). Covered with corks made of palm fibers.

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