2549 x 3637 px | 21,6 x 30,8 cm | 8,5 x 12,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
28 septembre 1946
Lieu:
Jerusalem, Palestine, Israel, 1946, Bab Al-silsila Sabil Fountain
Informations supplémentaires:
From the Album First leave in Palatine and Jerusalem, 18th September to 6th October 1946.This album is a sight seeing trip off the religious sites of Jerusalem. Sabil Bab al-Silsila, that abuts the wall of al-Turba al-Sa'diyya to the west, and faces the square of Bab al-Silsila, is only 7m from the main gate of al-Haram al-Sharif (of the same name). It is one of the sabils (water fountains) built by Sultan Sulayman I in Jerusalem during the 16th century. The sabil is of a rectangular shape with a recessed niche framed by a pointed arch. The niche is decorated by a rosette, taken as a spolia from a crusader rose window. The rosette is cut by the foundation inscription that date the construction to the year of 1537. At the bottom of the niche there is a highly decorated trough that is likely to be a re-used sarcophagus, like in the case of other sabils and basins in Jerusalem.
