Ivory Pomegranate: Under the Microscope at the Israel Museum - The BAS Library

Ivory Pomegranate: Under the Microscope at the Israel Museum

The famous inscribed ivory pomegranate, which, if authentic, may have been the head of a scepter from Solomon’s Temple, has endured decades of debate. Is the inscription real, or is it a forgery? A meeting between world-class paleographers in the summer of 2015 may have settled the debate.