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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 Inscription of King Mesha: 320–321: The Moabite Stone: Siloam inscription: 2.28: The Siloam Tunnel Inscription: 321: The Siloam Inscription: Yehimilk inscription: 2.29: The Inscription of King Yahimilk: 653–654: Yehimilk of Byblos: Kilamuwa Stela: 2.30: The Kulamuwa Inscription: 654–655: Kilamuwa of Y'dy-Sam'al: Yehawmilk Stele: 2.32 ...
Topographical map of Jerusalem showing the approximate location of the "City of David" site. One of the stated objectives of the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) since its establishment in 1865 was to search for the true location of the biblical "City of David" and to report on its findings. However, after 130 years of research, surveys, and ...
Additional evidence for the existence of the Acra may come from the chance discovery, published by Shimon Appelbaum , of a fragmentary Greek inscription in the Old City of Jerusalem. The inscription is a fragment from the top of a sandstone stele and contains what may be an oath taken by soldiers stationed in the Acra, although the reading of ...
Jerusalem Archaeological Park, also known as Ophel Garden, is an archaeological park established in the 1990s in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located south of the Western Wall Plaza and under the Dung Gate . [ 1 ]
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 ...