ON THE AGE AND CONTENT OF JAR-35-A SEALED AND INTACT STORAGE JAR FOUND ON THE SOUTHERN PLATEAU OF QUMRAN

K. L. Rasmussen; J. Gunneweg; J. Van der Plicht; I. Kralj Cigic; A. D. Bond; B. Svensmark; M. Balla; M. Strlic; G. Doudna

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ON THE AGE AND CONTENT OF JAR-35-A SEALED AND INTACT STORAGE JAR FOUND ON THE SOUTHERN PLATEAU OF QUMRAN

K. L. Rasmussen^*, J. Gunneweg, J. Van der Plicht, I. Kralj Cigic, A. D. Bond, B. Svensmark, M. Balla, M. Strlic, G. Doudna

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An intact and sealed storage jar known as Jar-35 was found in 2004, south of the Qumran settlement. A previous study identified tartrate in the deposit of the jar, indicating the possible past presence of wine (Buti et al. 2006). However, we cannot confirm this finding. Using liquid and gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection, no trace of tartaric acid or salts thereof could be detected in our samples. We show that the major component of the deposit is gypsum. No other organic compounds were identified with the methods that we have applied. Both radiocarbon dating of charcoal in the deposit and thermoluminescence dating of the ceramic jar show that it dates to the main period of habitation at Qumran (c. 100 BC to AD 70).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	791-808
Number of pages	18
Journal	Archaeometry
Volume	53
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00559.x
Publication status	Published - Aug-2011

Keywords

QUMRAN
DEAD SEA
CERAMICS
JAR-35
GYPSUM
TARTARIC ACID
DATING
RADIOCARBON
CALIBRATION
WINE

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