AN ABBASID-PERIOD STONE MOLD WITH AN ENGRAVED KUFIC ARABIC INSCRIPTION FROM THE GIV‘ATI PARKING LOT EXCAVATIONS, JERUSALEM

Michael Chernin; Oscar Bejarano; Yuval Gadot; Yiftah Shalev

AN ABBASID-PERIOD STONE MOLD WITH AN ENGRAVED KUFIC ARABIC INSCRIPTION FROM THE GIV‘ATI PARKING LOT EXCAVATIONS, JERUSALEM

Michael Chernin, Oscar Bejarano, Yuval Gadot, Yiftah Shalev

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Abstract

Excavations in the Giv‘ati Parking Lot in Jerusalem uncovered extensive architectural remains dating from the Iron Age to the Early Islamic period, the latest dating to the Abbasid period. The remains from the Abbasid period comprise a large commercial area where a metal industry operated. This paper presents an Abbasid-period stone mold for casting metal artifacts engraved with an Arabic inscription, whose purpose and meaning are discussed by the authors based on parallels from material finds and written sources.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-207
Number of pages	9
Journal	ATIQOT
Volume	110
State	Published - Mar 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Abbasid Jerusalem
Arabic inscription
Kufic
marketplace
talisman

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Conservation
Archaeology
Archaeology

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