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Fragment of the inscription at the Israel Museum. The Temple Warning inscription, also known as the Temple Balustrade inscription or the Soreg inscription, [2] is an inscription that hung along the balustrade outside the Sanctuary of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Two of these tablets have been found. [3]
Soreg inscription warning non-Jews from entering the sanctuary of the Second Temple. In 1871, a hewn stone measuring 60 cm × 90 cm (24 in × 35 in) and engraved with Greek uncials was discovered near a court on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and identified by Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau as being the Temple Warning inscription.
There is also a description in this chapter of the gates to the Temple Mount; of note is the description of a representation of Susa, the capital of the ancient Persian Empire over the eastern gate of the Temple Mount, and symbolic of Persian dominance over the Land of Israel at the time of the building of the Second Temple (circa 516 BCE). [1] [4]
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The Trumpeting Place inscription and the Temple Warning inscription are surviving pieces of the Herodian expansion of the Temple Mount. Both inscribed stones are on display in the Israel Museum. [21] Jerusalem Temple Warning Inscription. During Temple times, entry to the Mount was limited by a complex set of purity laws. Those who were not of ...
King Hezekiah bulla, Ophel Treasure, Ophel inscription: Western Wall Tunnel: City of David: Wadi Hilweh [60] Pool of Bethesda: Southern Wall: Trumpeting Place inscription: Jerusalem pilgrim road: Tell ej-Judeideh [94] Tel Kabri: Tell al-Qahweh [95] Kebara Cave [96] Kebara 2: Kfar Giladi: Kfar HaHoresh: Kafr 'Inan: Kfar Monash: Kfar Monash Hoard ...
The line was inaugurated in 1892, following Nahal Sorek until its junction with the Valley of Rephaim, after which it follows the Valley of Rephaim into Jerusalem. While the Tel Aviv-to-Jerusalem high-speed railway line is designed to avoid the Nahal Sorek route and shorten the line, the older railway along Nahal Sorek has been refurbished and ...