SCROLLS IN LIBRARY NICHES

A drawing of the niches with Roman-style doors, from the library at Masada

Scrolls were kept in niches/cupboards at Masada

This drawing reconstructs the cupboards in which scrolls were kept in the library at Masada. The design of the cupboard doors is typical of Roman interior detailing of the period. Scrolls were stored horizontally on shelves.

This library contained Biblical and non-Biblical manuscripts, including the best preserved early text of part of the apocryphal Hebrew Book of Ben Sirach.

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