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Abstract

The site, located in the Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood in northern Jerusalem, yielded three settlement strata from the Hellenistic and Roman periods (III), the Early Islamic period (II) and the Mamluk period (I). Most of the buildings and installations were erected on bedrock during the Early Islamic period. The architecture comprises elongated halls with thick walls, pilasters that supported arches bearing the ceiling, as well as rectangular limestone troughs—all pointing to the buildings’ function as stables. During the Mamluk period the stables were reused, adapted for dwelling by the construction of partition walls; one of the buildings was partly paved with flagstones and mosaics (a mosque?). Most of the pottery dates from the mid-seventh to the tenth centuries CE, including glazed vessels and lamps. The finds from the later settlement are rich, consisting of handmade pottery decorated with painted geometric designs, dating from the mid-twelfth to the thirteenth–fourteenth centuries CE.

Keywords

rural settlement, metal objects, gemstone, numismatics

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