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REL_30.GIF Qumran Phylactery Cases (640 X 412, 256 colors)

Qumran Phlactery Cases
Leather
First century B.C.E.-first century C.E.

Phylactery case A is constructed of two pieces of stitched leather. It contains four chambers and each compartment can hold a minute slip containing a prayer. Meant to be worn on the arm, phylactery case B has only one compartment. It is formed of a single piece of leather folded in two, with one half deeply stamped out to contain a tiny inscribed slip. A fine leather thong was inserted at the middle, and the halves wer folder over and stitched together. Cases C-E are similar to the four-compartment case A.

4Q Phyl cases 1008
Case A: length 1 1/4 in., width 3/8 in.
Case B: length 7/8 in., width 1/2 in.
Case C: length 3/4 in., width 3/8 in.
Case D: length 7/8 in., width 1 in.
Case E: length 1/2 in., width 13/16 in.
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (84)