The Ark of the Covenant
Item: #9906753
Dating: About 1200 B.C.E. - No Carbon Dating
Method of Containment: Crated (TOP SECRET, ARMY INTEL 9906753 DO NOT OPEN!)
Status: Dangerous - Above Top Secret
Classification: Biblical Artifact/Divine
Aquired: 1936 - (DELETED) Island in the Aegean Sea
The Ark is a small box made of acacia (setim) wood and overlaid with gold. It measures 1.15 meters long, 0.7 meters wide and 0.7 meters high (two cubits and a half in length, a cubit and a half in breadth, and a cubit and a half in height). Upon the top (kapporet) are two cherubim of beaten gold, looking towards each other, and spreading their wings so that both sides of the propitiatory were covered. Contained in the crate with it are two long poles made of the same acacia (setim) wood, also overlaid with gold. It is said to contain the two tablets of the Ten Commandments. Aaron's Rod, and the Golden Pot of Manna. The artifact is far too dangerous to open for inspection but may be subjected to X-Rays at a later date to confirm. Also known as "God's Throne" and "The Ark of the Testimony". It is unknown if any deity (or deities) inhabit the object as it seems inert.
--The Curator, M.I.B.
Additional resources: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01721a.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_of_the_Covenant
From: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Bible - Exodus 25:22
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