Masada (Israel): Bath Complex Sign
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Issue Date
5/22/2016
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Image
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Keywords
Judea , Israel , Dead Sea , Jewish-Roman War , First Jewish Revolt , Siege , Herod the Great , Fortress , Mesa , Bathhouse , Sign
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Description
A sign describes the social function of the Roman style bathhouse and its accompanying colonated exercise courtyard. A note indicates that during the rebel occupation at the time of the Jewish-Roman war the bathhouse was modified by the addition of two mikvehs (mikva'ot), immersion pools for ritual (worship/faith related) purification.