What were play balls made of when Jesus was a child?

Dear totherow-ga,

I could find no specific information on Palestine but the below is
relevant to Rome, Greece, and Egypt at the time of Jesus where balls
were made of a number of materials including wool, linen, hair,
bladders, sponges, leather and clay.

Particularly the bottom of the page.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/romeball.html

"Ancient Roman and Egyptian children played with balls of leather and
of glazed clay, patterned with the still-traditional vertical stripe
we see today on beach balls."
http://aelflaed.homemail.com.au/doco/balls.html

These other sites may of interest.
http://www.expertfootball.com/history/soccer_history_mediterran.php
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Pila.html


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Thank you
answerfinder

Fantastic! Just what I wanted and needed. I really appreciate it.5.00

Timber .. which encouraged him to be a carpenter.

Maybe, but I bet that they were mothers' balls of knitting wool or wool for weaving.

Thank you so much for your input, I truly appreciate it! You have
given me much more background than I expected!

Dear totherow-ga,
Thank for the tip. Pleased I could help.
answerfinder-ga