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Re: orion-list RE: orion-digest V99 #208
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> However, one issue I would like to bring up is this: Is there evidence for
> the presence of military hardware at Khirbet Qumran? I have heard about
> Roman arrow heads, which could have found their way there either in the
> summers of 68 or 69 CE, or the Ben Kosiba rebellion, but nothing about
> swords or knives.
Roman arrow heads refer to auxiliary units, simply because the legion had no
bowmen.
Dierk
For private reply, e-mail to "Dierk van den Berg" <haGalil@gmx.net>
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