Archeologists discover 2,000-year-old receipt — carved in stone in Jerusalem
Thought paper receipts were taking up too much space in your wallet?
The FAA discovered the ancient proof of purchase on the City of David’s Pilgrimage Road –widely considered the most important road in the city — which is now the Jerusalem Walls National Park. Scientists postulate that the financial record dates back to the Second Temple period — the time of Jesus, and also when the Romans occupied the region.
“For example, one line includes the end of the name ‘Shimon’ followed by the Hebrew letter ‘mem’ [an abbreviation of the of the word for money] and in the other lines are symbols representing numbers,” the researchers wrote in a social media announcement.The chalkstone was originally part of an ossuary — a type of burial chest used at the time.
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