§24 Tenth Legion Bowl

Tenth Legion Bowl

(0024) Text: […] Leg(io) [X …] Au(?) Fret(ensis)

Translation: […] legio X Fretensis […]

Commentary: Bowl, possibly of Nabataean origin

Provenience: Masada, Judaea 73-80 CE

Bibliography: Rachel Bar-Nathan, Masada VII. The Yigael Yadin Excavations 1963-1965. Final Reports, The Pottery of Masada, Masada Reports (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2006), 140 [26:49]; Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom, “Ceramics from Jericho and Masada: Review Article,” Israel Exploration Journal 59 (2009): 97.