REL_24.GIF Stack of plates (455 X 480, 256 shades of gray)
Plates
Pottery
First century B.C.E.-first century C.E.
Plates, bowls, and goblets were found in one of the rooms at Qumran, with dozens of vessels piled one on top of the other. This room probably served as a storage area near the assembly room, which may have functioned as the dining room.
These fifteen plates are shallow, with a ring base and upright rim. The firing is metallic. Hundreds of plates were recovered, most of them complete.
KhQ 1591 a-o
Height 1-2 3/16 in., diameter 6 7/16-13 3/8 in.
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (40-54)