Pottery from Drainage Channels 491 and 5248
The fill inside two drainage channels, L491 and L5248 (see Plan 6.1), yielded small pottery assemblages datable to the late sixth and seventh centuries CE. These channels were part of the original drainage system of the Cardo in the Roman and Byzantine periods (Strata XII– X). They were blocked with...
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| Published in | Jerusalem Western Wall Plaza Excavations II p. 295 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Israel Antiquities Authority
09.08.2019
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| Summary: | The fill inside two drainage channels, L491 and L5248 (see Plan 6.1), yielded small pottery assemblages datable to the late sixth and seventh centuries CE. These channels were part of the original drainage system of the Cardo in the Roman and Byzantine periods (Strata XII– X). They were blocked with dirt and went out of use when a large residential building was built upon the western part of the Cardo in Stratum IX. These assemblages, therefore, provide a clear terminus ante quem to the narrowing of the Cardo and the end of its monumental design.
This small assemblage consists of |
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| ISBN: | 9654066920 9789654066921 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctvpb3xj0.13 |