{"id":19441,"date":"2026-04-16T12:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.mnk.pl\/wystawy\/sand-has-covered-the-traces\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:32:32","slug":"sand-has-covered-the-traces","status":"publish","type":"wystawy","link":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wystawy\/sand-has-covered-the-traces\/","title":{"rendered":"Sand has covered the traces…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Numismatic and archaeological treasures of the soldiers of The Polish II Corps<\/p>

The exhibition shows an amazing collection of numismatic coins and archaeological remains collected by the soldiers of the Polish II Corps and priest Stefana Pietruszka-Jab\u0142onowski, kept in the so-called Polish Museum in Jerusalem. In February 2016, the whole collection was transferred by the Israel Department of Antiquities and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage to the Numismatic Room of the National Museum in Krakow.

Polish refugees, both civilian and military, started arriving in Palestine as early
as the end of 1939. There, Poles established Committees of Polish Refugees, published books and newspapers. A large role was played by the Polish Catholic Chaplaincy, which since 1942, was overseen by priest Stefan Pietruszka-Jab\u0142onowski. Items collected by soldiers were exhibited at the so-called Polish Museum, created by priest Pietruszka in 1955 in Jerusalem.
Collection given to the NMK is a set of numismatic and archaeological objects that were created with the thought of giving it to destroyed museums in Poland after World War II. It consists of about 12,000 coins and is very heterogeneous. It includes mentioning a few, brass antique and oriental coins (dating back to between early Middle Ages and the 15th century), silver coins of the Ottoman Empire (17th to 20th century) and modern circulation coins. Archaeological artifacts include weights, oil lamps, and beads made of glass, semi-precious metals or clay. Unfortunately, their degree of conservation is not good \u2013 the objects are obliterated, little readable and partly corroded. They have never been subject to preservation and from their appearance it can be concluded that most of them had simply been found by someone However, the size of the collection given to the NMK suggests that the number of people collecting antiques had to be big It is estimated that there had been a few hundreds or even a few thousand donors. Unfortunately, most of them remain anonymous.
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Stone Hebrew weights (8th \u2013 6th century BC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Metal products (varia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Oil lamps, Middle East (5th \u2013 14th c.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Miedziano-br\u0105zowa
The Ottomans, Ma\u1e25m\u016bd II (1223\u20131255 = 1808\u20131839), Qos\u1e6dan\u1e6d\u012bniyya, AH 1249 (AD 1833\/1834), 6 \u0120ur\u016b\u0161, silver, reverse, MNK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Judea, Alexander Jannaeus (103\u201376 BC), prutot, bronze, MNK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Zdj\u0119cie
Nabataeans, Rabbel II (76\u2013102), bronze, MNK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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