The utensil in this photograph was found whole in an archaeological excavation under the pavement of the Western Wall plaza, conducted in conjunction with the Israel Antiquities Authority Educational centers. The excavation is focused now on the later layers from the 18th – 20th centuries CE – the Ottoman and British Mandate periods and during the Jordanian rule of the Old City.
Tzara’at and Divine Providence
In the Midrash quoted earlier, the question is also asked why specifically Gehazi was afflicted with tzara’at, and this is the answer given there: