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.