Ivory Pomegranate, DA 579

[Text Description:] (Belonging?) to the house of …, a holy thing of the priests ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] DA 579 ❧ [Medium:] Ivory ❧ [Script Note:] Hebrew ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Inscription in circular fashion on ivory pomegranate; six petals, two broken. 43mm height x 21mm diameter; formed head of staff or scepter. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Hole in bottom 6.5mm. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Object considered authentic, inscription contested. Came on the antiquities market in 1979, acquired by the Israel Museum in 1988. ❧