The ossuary of Nicanor “the Doors Maker”
Site item id
20076
Collection name
Museums in Europe
Item period
Early Roman
Exhibition location
The British Museum
An ossuary with a Greek inscription, mentioning Nicanor, “the Doors maker”. Nikanor from Alexandria was mentioned by the historian Josephus as the one who donated the doors of The Temple. Mount Scopus, Jerusalem. The Roman Period, First Century AD (British Museum from 1902)
