Stone Box Side 2

View of the side of the stone box opposite the menorah side.  Some believe that the "wheels" in the picture represent the "Holy of Holies" in the Temple, where God "dwelled."  See Ezekiel 1:15–21  for the imagery of the Throne of God mounted above a wheeled "chariot."

Bible History Daily has published an important article by Jennifer Ristine, the longtime coordinator of the Visitors Center and the Magdalena Institute at Magdala, on the interpretation of the famous "Magdala Stone"—"The Magdala Stone: The Jerusalem Temple Embodied."

This picture of the replica is on display at the Notre Dame hotel in Jerusalem.