Unrolling a lead scroll

Lucy Skinner <lucy.skinner [at] gmail__com> writes

>I am working as site conservator on an archaeological dig in Turkey
>where a small lead object was excavated last week. It is a strip of
>thin lead, rolled up and squashed flat during burial. ...

There have been similar finds in Israel. Possible contacts with this
expertise include:

    The Israel Museum;
    Hebrew University;
    Israel Antiquities Authority,
    Bar Ilan University

Prof. Gabriel Barkay discovered and unrolled small silver scroll
personal amulets while preserving etched inscriptions.

Barnea Levi Selavan
CoDirector, Foundation Stone
Co-host LandMinds program


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