ArchaeologicalAntiquité· VIIIe siècle av. J.-C.
Siloam inscription
Enrich the Great Bookכתובת השילוח
Description
Panel engraved in Paleo-Hebrew commemorating the meeting of the teams that dug the water tunnel attributed to King Hezekiah. It was discovered in the conduit linking the Gihon spring to the Pool of Siloam.
Significance
It is one of the longest monumental inscriptions in ancient Hebrew and a landmark of Judean epigraphy.
Features
- Provenance
- Jérusalem