Masada Roman legionary camp site finds... where??

[Martin Moser]

Guy,

thanks for the information!

The organic culture material from Masada is one of the largest collections ever found in this part of the world. Mind you that most of it relates to the rebels, although there are archaeological indications for early material (from King Herod's reign) and some Roman military equipment from c. mid-1st century AD.
As for textiles, you might like to consult: Sheffer A. and Granger-Taylor H., ‘Textiles from Masada: A preliminary Selection’, Masada IV, pp. 149-225.

I expected the finds to be mostly rebel belongings, but given that the romans had been around a while already, they might also serve as indicators to what was worn by (at least) the civilian population in general. I'll see what I can find in the libraries around here from the Masada series.

More data, though slightly later, from the Second Revolt (132-135/6AD) was published by Yadin in his: Yadin Y., The finds from the Bar Kokhba period in the Cave of Letters, Jerusalem, 1963.

Yes, I have this one (very much recommended reading anyone!) and am in fact at the moment working (among other things) on a reconstruction of purse no.1, the one that contained the Babatha (was the name IIRC) archives :-) )

Many thanks!