An same shi kusa da ƙofar wani kogo a cikin wurin ajiyar yanayi na Ain Gedi, da rumman guda uku a gefe ɗaya, a ɗaya kuma kofi ɗaya.
Hukumar kula da kayayyakin tarihi ta Isra’ila (ISA) ta bayyana cewa, ta nakalto kamfanin dillancin labarai na Isra’ila TPS, ya ce an gano wani tsabar da ba kasafai ba na shekara 2,000 tun lokacin yakin Yahudanci da Roma a cikin jejin Yahudiya.
An zana rumman uku a gefe ɗaya na rabin shekel na azurfa, an kuma nuna ƙoƙo a ɗayan. An kuma rubuta kalmomin “Urushalima Mai-Tsarki”.
A cewar ISA, tsabar kudin ta fito daga shekara ta 66 ko 67. Yahudawa suna ƙarƙashin mulkin daular Roma, don haka yin tsabar kuɗi ya nuna rashin amincewa da asalin ƙasa, in ji ISA.
Sarkin Roma ne kaɗai ke da ikon tara tsabar kuɗi, kuma kuɗin Roma kusan koyaushe yana kwatanta sarki da dabbobi da ke mulki. Yaniv David Levi, kwararre a fannin ƙididdiga a ofishin kayayyakin tarihi, ya bayyana cewa rabin shekel wani haraji ne na musamman da Yahudawa suke biya don kula da Haikali da kuma sayan dabbobi don hadaya.
"Tsabar kudi daga shekarar farko ta tawaye, kamar wanda aka samu a cikin jejin Yahudiya, ba kasafai ba ne," in ji Levy. “A lokacin Haikali na biyu, mahajjata sun biya harajin rabin shekel ga Haikali. Kudin da aka karɓa don biyan wannan haraji na kusan shekaru 2,000 shine shekel na Taya. Sa’ad da aka yi tawaye ta farko, ’yan tawayen sun ba da waɗannan kuɗaɗen canji waɗanda ke ɗauke da rubutun ‘shekel na Isra’ila’, “rabin shekel” da kuma “shekel huɗu na huɗu”.
Da alama an ci gaba da bautar haikali a lokacin tawayen, kuma ’yan tawayen sun yi amfani da waɗannan tsabar kudi don wannan dalili. An sanar da gano binciken ne a cikin makon tara ga watan Av, wata ‘yar rana ga Yahudawa da ke tunawa da halakar Haikali na farko da na biyu. Wannan yana faruwa ne a rana ta tara ga watan Ibrananci na Av (Yuli ko Agusta a kalandar Gregorian). A lokacin biki, wanda ke farawa da daren Laraba da faɗuwar rana, Yahudawa suna yin azumi don tunawa da mugayen abubuwan da suka faru.
An gano tsabar kudin ne yayin da ake binciken kogo a cikin jejin Yahudiya. An gano shi kusa da ƙofar wani kogo a cikin ajiyar yanayi na Ain Gedi, wanda ke kusa da Tekun Gishiri. “Tabbas akwai wani ɗan tawaye da ya yi yawo cikin duwatsun hamada kuma ya jefar da dukiyar rabin shekel mai daraja, kuma mun yi sa’a mun sami damar gano ta bayan shekaru 2,000 kuma muka mayar da ita ga jama’a,” in ji Haggai Hamer masanin ilimin kimiya.
