A 2,000-year-old bell, which was lost in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period, has been discovered near the Old City, according to reports from Israel's Antiquities Authority.
The tiny golden bell is thought to have been part of a senior official’s outfit. It was found among ruins during excavation work on a drainage channel in the City of David, an area in the Arab neighborhood of Silwan. It was inside the main drainage channel, which transports rainwater from different parts of the city to the pool of Siloam.
"It seems the bell was sewn on the garment worn by a high official in Jerusalem at the end of the Second Temple period," said an IAA statement, according to AFP. "Apparently, the high official was walking in the Jerusalem street in the vicinity of Robinson’s Arch and lost the gold bell that fell from his garment into the drainage channel beneath the road.”
The statement noted, "It is impossible to know for certain if the bell did indeed belong to one of the high priests; however, the possibility should not be entirely discounted."
According to archeologist Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority, the bell probably fell off and rolled into the sewer as its owner walked by. Shukron points out that the bell is a “very rare” find, AP quoted.
The tiny golden bell is thought to have been part of a senior official’s outfit. It was found among ruins during excavation work on a drainage channel in the City of David, an area in the Arab neighborhood of Silwan. It was inside the main drainage channel, which transports rainwater from different parts of the city to the pool of Siloam.
"It seems the bell was sewn on the garment worn by a high official in Jerusalem at the end of the Second Temple period," said an IAA statement, according to AFP. "Apparently, the high official was walking in the Jerusalem street in the vicinity of Robinson’s Arch and lost the gold bell that fell from his garment into the drainage channel beneath the road.”
The statement noted, "It is impossible to know for certain if the bell did indeed belong to one of the high priests; however, the possibility should not be entirely discounted."
According to archeologist Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority, the bell probably fell off and rolled into the sewer as its owner walked by. Shukron points out that the bell is a “very rare” find, AP quoted.
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