The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

An ancient gold ring set with a breastplate was unveiled in Yavne - Walla! Tourism

2021-11-02T09:21:42.342Z


A spectacular ring was also found in recent excavations in the Yavneh area and revealed a winery for wine production - the largest in the world from the Byzantine period - probably from the 7th century AD


  • Tourism

  • news

An ancient gold ring set with a breastplate was unveiled in Yavne

During a recent excavation in the Yavneh area, which revealed a winery for wine production - the largest in the world from the Byzantine period - a spectacular ring was also found, probably from the 7th century AD, with a semi-precious stone called "amethyst" (amethyst) which was also one of the 12 breastplate stones. The Great in the Temple

Tags

  • Ring

  • Archeology

  • Israel Antiquities Authority

Ziv Reinstein

Tuesday, 02 November 2021, 10:54 Updated: 11:10

  • Share on Facebook

  • Share on WhatsApp

  • Share on general

  • Share on general

  • Share on Twitter

  • Share on Email

0 comments

  • Change in the route of the Israel Trail

  • Israel opens the sky: Corona inspection and without insulation ...

  • The beach of Tel Aviv

  • A mouth full of sea duo teeth

  • Shark in Nahal Hadera, October 2021

  • A flight attendant

  • Sontago Water Park in Poland

  • Fighting a mouse - Mekorot has started flowing clean water ...

  • Naked on the pyramid in Egypt

  • Billion Race: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took off ...

  • A huge snake is raised using a crane

  • Bedouin robbers of antiquities were arrested in a pit hewn in Tel Sheva

A ring set with a semi-precious stone was found in a building (Photo: Ilan Naor, Israel Antiquities Authority)

In the huge excavation conducted by the Yavne Antiquities Authority at the initiative of the Israel Land Authority and in collaboration with the Yavne Municipality, prior to the expansion of the city, a spectacular gold ring was recently uncovered, with an inlay of purple stone.



An examination of the ring by Dr. Yotam, who in the analytical laboratory at the Israel Antiquities Authority, discovered that the stone is mostly made of silica - a material from which many gemstones are composed. This examination ruled out the possibility that the purple inlay is made of simple glass.

The ring has a semi-precious stone called an amethyst.

The ring that was uncovered in Yavne (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Dafna Gazit)

The weight of the ring is 5.11 grams (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Eliyahu Waldman)

Such rings could be worn by both men and women (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Dafna Gazit)

The precious ring was dropped from the hand, until it was finally discovered

Dr. Amir Golani, an expert in ancient jewelry at the Israel Antiquities Authority who examined the find, said that “the person who held the ring was a wealthy man, and the wearing of the jewel indicated his status and wealth.

Such rings could be worn by both men and women. "Golani adds that" a semi-precious stone, called an amethyst, was embedded in the ring.

This stone is mentioned in the Bible as the stone of amethyst - one of the 12 stones of the breastplate that were used by the high priest in the Temple.


This feature attributed to the stone is particularly interesting, given the context in which the ring was discovered - a site where a huge wine winery operated, the largest in the world known from the Byzantine period.



"Did the person who wore the ring want to avoid getting drunk due to drinking a lot of wine? We probably won't know that," says Dr. Eli Hadad, who is leading the excavation with Liat Nadav-Ziv and Dr. Yochanan (John) Seligman of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

"Still, it is interesting to know that the ring was found near the winery, about 150 meters away, where the remains of a long warehouse, which was used to store wine jars (amphorae), were discovered in our excavations. "Empty jars before question were taken to the wine cellars to fill with wine. It is possible that the magnificent ring belonged to the owner of the magnificent warehouse, to a foreman on site, or simply to a visitor who was unlucky, and the precious ring was dropped from them, until it was finally discovered by us."

More on Walla!

A 1500-year-old wine factory, known as the largest in the world, was unveiled in Yavne

To the full article

Researchers are debating the date of the ring (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Dafna Gazit)

The ring was found not far from the wine jug warehouse in the photo (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Assaf Peretz)

The Yelena Kuperschmidt shift cleans the gold ring (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Dafna Gazit)

"It is possible that the ring's findings belong to the upper class"

Researchers are debating the date of the ring.

This, was found in a fill that apparently dates to the end of the Byzantine period - the beginning of the Early Islamic period - 7th century AD, but it is possible that the ring, due to its beauty and prestige, "rolled" right next to it for centuries.

Gold rings inlaid with amethyst stone are known in the Roman world, and it is possible that the ring's find belongs to the upper class who lived in the city as early as the 3rd century AD.



According to Eli Escuzido, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, "The small, everyday finds that unfold in our excavations tell us human stories and connect us directly to the past. It is exciting to imagine the man or woman to whom the ring belonged, walking right here, in a different reality Completely from what we know in today's city of Yavne. "



The Israel Antiquities Authority invites the public to visit the excavation of the ancient and huge wine factory that was unveiled in Yavne on Friday, November 5, with prior registration.

Details on the Facebook of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

  • Share on Facebook

  • Share on WhatsApp

  • Share on general

  • Share on general

  • Share on Twitter

  • Share on Email

0 comments

Source: walla

All life articles on 2021-11-02

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.