Early Christian incense burner, with crosses. The upper part of the incense burner presents a model of a round structure with comumns , most probably a model of the Rotunda called the Anastasis (“Resurrection”) at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher where Helena believed Jesus to have been buried. This is the earliest model and description of the ancient Holy Sepulcher. The 5th-6th century AD. The Byzantine period
Site item id
14811
Collection name
MUSA, the Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
Item period
Iron Age
Items discovered in official excavations
דגם מקדש דמוי בית עם 2 דמויות עומדות בחלונות (שבור), תל רחוב, תקופת הברזל