Abstract
A group of quarrying tools was recovered from Area B of the Third Wall excavations, approximately 400 m northwest of Damascus Gate, Jerusalem. The tools were found side-by-side, one atop the other, and therefore, seem to be part of a stonemason’s tool kit. Among the tools are splitting wedges and wedge slats. This is the first time that so large a group of ancient quarrying tools has been exposed in situ in an archaeological excavation. The tools were probably used in a quarry dating to the Second Temple period.
Keywords
Second Temple period, quarry, technology, stone cutting
Recommended Citation
Weksler-Bdolah, Shlomit
(2017)
"A Cache of Iron Quarrying Tools from Excavations near Jerusalem’s Third Wall (Hebrew, pp. 1*–8*; English summary, pp. 153–154),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 88, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1794
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol88/iss1/9
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