A rare stone box with nine compartments, dating back to the days of the Second Temple - about 2,000 years ago, is now being revealed to the public for the first time in a display in the archeology wing of the Israel Museum. The shape of the box is square, the size is 30x30 cm, and it is made of soft limestone (kerton) that is worked in a sculptor.
It is divided into nine square cells, similar in size and volume. The sides of the object, which was discovered in excavations along the stepped street in the City of David in a layer of destruction, are blackened.