A collection of coins and other objects dating to the period of Simon Bar Kochba in the second century of the Common Era, was brought to light today when a Jordanian Arab offered to sell the items to Dr. John Allegro, a British archaeologist currently working in the Judean desert near the Dead Sea, it was reported here from Amman.
The collection included a number of Bar Kochba coins datable to 134 C. E., various wooden objects, a number of women’s cosmetic items including wooden dishes, a spatula, a howl, combs and implements and containers for the application of kohl, a form of eye shadow used by Oriental ladies.
The objects, which have already been flown to Amman, will be given by the Dead Sea Scroll Fund to the Jordanian Government. It is expected that they will be included in an exhibit of Dead Sea Scrolls to be shown in London later this year.
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