Stephen
But this caption is oblivious to the fact that Qumran had a fire,
and then a water system that fell into disrepair and could flood the site,
This is not a fact but a supposition made by de Vaux. There was an earthquake in 31 BCE which, as often occurs, was accompanied by some fires. The extant water system was completely buried beneath debris and was replaced by the water system that de Vaux anachronistically claimed was destroyed in the earthquake and flooded the site!!!
And in the
remains of that same Qumran Locus 129 another Qumran inkwell was found.
Unfortunately we have absolutely no idea what its context was. Did it belong to Period III as the other inkwells found de Vaux appear to do?
And incidentally Gunneweg analyzed the inkwell from Ein Feshka "AND IT PROVED TO BE OF LOCAL MAKE". So if they were manufacturing inkwells locally it's no surprise to find several lying around.
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