- Object Name:
- Stone
- Title:
- Presentation Stone from Masada
- Place Made:
- Israel
- Date:
- 1988
- Medium:
- Limestone?
- Dimensions:
- 4 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 6 in. (11.4 × 22.2 × 15.2 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Benny Boret and Gabriel Gozland, Producers of Musical Masterpiece at Masada
- Accession Number:
- 1988-95a
Tags:
Not On View
This chunk of stone from the rocky plateau of Masada was turned into a presentation piece to commemorate a concert conducted by Zubin Mehta on the fortieth anniversary of Israeli independence. Masada is the site where two thousand years ago Jews chose suicide over conquest by Rome.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.