Bar Kokhba Papyrus Recreation on real papyrus. About 6 by 5 inches. This ancient papyrus containing an order from Bar Kokhba the rebel leader to one of his followers around 132-135 A.D. The papyrus states, “We want to apprise you that the cow which yehosef, son of Yaaqov, son of Yehudah, whose house is in Beth-Mashko, belongs to him. And if the foreigners were not so close to us, I would have gone up and declared you free of obligations of this account.”