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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] The inscription was a warning to pagan visitors to the
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.
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 ...
The (Israel) Stela of Merneptah: 376–378: Hymn of Victory of Mer-ne-ptah (The "Israel Stela”) 2.10: Coffin Text 159: 33: The Fields of Paradise: 2.12: Book of the Dead 125: 34–36: The Protestation of Guiltlessness: Mesha Stele: 2.23: The Inscription of King Mesha: 320–321: The Moabite Stone: Siloam inscription: 2.28: The Siloam Tunnel ...
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 ...
According to Horowitz, the quality of the writing indicates that this was a royal inscription, apparently a letter from the king of Jerusalem to the pharaoh in Egypt. [79] Professor Christopher Rollston points out that there is no mention of any personal names or titles and no place names in the document. He notes that the quality of the script ...
A message etched into an ancient sphinx has proven to be, well, sphinx-like. The “mysterious” inscription has long been an enigma, puzzling scholars for over a century.
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 ...