Abstract
A salvage excavation in Jerusalem helped confirm previous suggestions to locate the twelfthcentury butchery mentioned in historical sources along Via Templi (today, the Street of the Chain). Our survey of the site enabled characterization and phasing of the various functions within this institution and its plausible dating. Based on the results of the technological and architectural analyses, we can establish that the twelfth-century alley, whose location was previously unknown, is located to the north of the Street of the Chain. This alley may be identified with the Furriers Alley, which was connected to the Furriers Street (ruga Parmentariorum, Street of St. John the Evangelist, Tarīq al-Wad) and formed part of the area reserved for the meat industry in Frankish Jerusalem. The quality and layout of this structure allowed for the preservation of such a central institution in medieval Jerusalem and throughout the Frankish, Mamluk and Ottoman periods.
Recommended Citation
Zelinger, Yehiel; Haber, Michal; and Shotten-Hallel, Vardit
(2022)
"طريق المعابد المقدسة (VIA TEMPLI) في القدس: تمرين للبناء في القرن الثاني عشر / Jerusalem’s Via Templi: A Twelfth-Century CE Builder’s Exercise,"
Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية): Vol. 10, Article 48.
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/cornerstone/vol10/iss1/48
