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Re: orion Scroll coverings; rectangular patterns Gammadia?
Dr. Petersen and Orionites,
I would be curious to know what these pattterns on the linen coverings of
the
scrolls looked like.
Were they the familiar gammadia [squares ] similar to those found on the
altar
cloth depicted on a late [520 A.D.] Ravenna Mosaic of Melchisedec
offering bread
and wine at an altar [Genesis 14:18-20]?
I also propose and alternate hypothesis for the tight weave of the linen
covers.
I suspect that the reason for the tightness of the weave of the linen
coverings
may be that the weaver knew the scrolls were being secreted to come forth
many
centuries later.
A tight weave would protect the scrolls from various hazards.
Randall Larsen
University of Hawaii at Manoa
[no decoding necessary]
Sigrid Peterson wrote:
> According to SAbramo884@aol.com:
> >
> > I reread a paperbound ed. of an old book on the DSS. Principally the
cave 1
> > scrolls, but also the cave 4 ones.
> > It was indicated that there was also found linen coverings for the
scrolls
> > with patterns on them.
> > There was blue thread runing in rectangular patterns.
> > Anyone know what the significance of the patterns was?
> > Any information about the persons who wove these covers available?
Can we
> > determine where the linen originate?
>
> The expert on the linen coverings is Mireille Bolle. She herself is a
> weaver, and has had access to the materials stored at Ecole Biblique in
> Jerusalem. She reported on her work at the International Congress on
the
> Dead Sea Scrolls--Fifty Years After Their Discovery, held in Jerusalem
in
> July of 1997. It is not possible to know where the linen originated,
> according to Bolle; however, her own experience with weaving led her to
> suggest, informally, that the person who wove one particular covering
was
> extremely depressed and angry, because of the tightness of the weave.
>
> > Any information would be helpful.
> > Thank you,
> > Steve Abramowitz
> > J. D. NYU School of Law.
>
> Sigrid Peterson UPenn petersig@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
>