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israeliarchaeologistshavediscoveredararewellpreservedeighteenhundredyearoldfigurinineandjerusalemdatingfromthetimeoftheromanempire

thetwoinchmarblebustdidpickstheheadofamanwithashortcurlybebeard

archachaeologistsbelieveitwasusedasaweightforahangingscaleofitshighcommonintheromanperiod

theisraeliantiquitiesauthoriitysaysitsunusual

becauseitwasmadeofmarblthefirstknownofitskind

weknowmanyotherwaythatcooksalilike

butallofthemweremadeoutofabronesthatmademade

becausenotoutoutmarbandsofarinjerusiem

inisrael

thisiswhite

isunique

becausethisistheonlyitemthatwasmadeoutofamarble

archaeologiststhinkthefiguringincouldportrayanathlete

possiblyaboxerbthatitwas

wasmostliketheycarriedajerusalembyamerchant

itwasfoundintheruinsofabuilding

destroyedbyanearthquakeinthefourthorfifthcentury

thedigisatthesiteofaparkinglotinapalestinianneighborhoodeastjerusalem

itispartofbroaderarchaeologicalexcavationsatthesite

knoonedoisraelischolarsasthecityisdavid