The Discovery Location of the "Lots"

The Discovery Location of the "Lots" (HM17JL)

Location: Jerusalem
Country: Israel
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N 31° 19.066', E 35° 21.233'

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"...then, having chosen by lot ten of their number to dispatch the rest... these, having unswervingly slaughtered all, ordained the same rule of the lot for one another, that he on whom it fell should slay first the nine nd then himself last of all."

Josephus Flavius

Here several hundred inscribed pottery shards (ostraca) were found. Outstanding among them was a group consisting of names and nicknames, including the name "Ben Ya'ir." Yigael Yadin, the most distinguished of Masada's excavators, connected this group with Josephus Flavius' story of the drawing of lots on the last night of the revolt.
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HM NumberHM17JL
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Date Added Monday, October 6th, 2014 at 1:27pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)36R E 723996 N 3467211
Decimal Degrees31.31776667, 35.35388333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 31° 19.066', E 35° 21.233'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds31° 19' 3.96" N, 35° 21' 13.98" E
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 12 3199, Jerusalem , IL
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