PLAN OF LAND BELONGING TO THE DAUGHTERS OF SION, AND OF THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE COMMUNICATING WITH MORIAH, DISCOVERED BY PIEROTTI—SECTIONS RELATING TO THIS LAND AND TO MOUNT MORIAH.
- Fig. 1. Building belonging to the
Daughters of Sion.
- V. Spring discovered by Pierotti.
- X. Water-conduit.
- 1. Sewer.
- 2. Mohammedan properties.
- 3. To Gate of Herod, and Bezetha.
- 4. To Hospice of the Flagellation.
- 5. To Bezetha.
- 6. Convent of the Daughters of Sion.
- 7. Greek property.
- 8. Latin property.
- 9. Via Dolorosa (traditional).
- 10. Arch discovered by Pierotti.
- 11. Arch called that of the Ecce Homo (posterior to the death of Christ).
- 12. Ancient Christian Chapel.
- 13. Convent of the Kusbeck Dervishes.
- 14. Subterranean passage discovered by Pierotti.
- 15. Ancient Gate, closed.
- 16. Sewer discovered by Pierotti.
- 17. Descent into vault.
- 18. Barrack of the Haram es-Sherîf.
- 19. To Haram es-Sherîf.
- 20. Minaret of Haram es-Sherîf.
- 21. Gate, closed.
- 22. Rock. Haram es-Sherîf.
- 23. Western Sewer discovered by Pierotti.
- 24. Eastern Sewer discovered by Pierotti;
- Fig. 2. (G) (H). Longitudinal Section.
- Fig. 3. (I) (L). Transverse Section.
- Fig. 4. (M) (N). Section of the Arch of the Ecce Homo.
- Fig. 5. (M) (N). View of the Arch of the Ecce Homo.
- (S'.S'). Conventional Signs.
- (a'). High Rock.
- (b'). Levelled Rock.
- (c'). Heaps of Ruins.
- (d'). Water. Cistern. Spring.
- (e'). Modern Walls.
- (f'). Walls of the City.
- (g'). Jewish Walls.
- (h'). Roman Walls.
- (i'). Walls of the Haram es-Sherîf.
See Plate XI.
- Fig. 1. (B) (A). Longitudinal Section of
the Haram es-Sherîf.
- 1. Ophel.
- 2. Walls of the City.
- 3. Ruined Houses.
- 4. Mosque el-Aksa.
- 5. Rock.
- 6. Staircase leading to the vaults of the Mosque el-Aksa.
- 7. Birket es-Sultan. Cistern.
- 8. Water-channels.
- 9. Court of the Mosque of Kubbet es-Sakharah.
- 10. Kubbet es-Sakharah.
- 11. Cistern for blood, formerly the cistern of the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- 12. Cisterns for blood.
- 13. Kiblet dedicated to the Fatma.
- 14. Kiblet dedicated to the Angel Gabriel.
- 15. Houses of the times of the Crusaders, of Solyman, &c.
- 16. Little Sakharah.
- 17. Barrack of the Haram es-Sherîf.
- 18. Houses of the time of Saladin.
- 19. Northern Valley.
- 20. Barrack of the time of Ibrahim Pasha.
- 21. Mount Bezetha.
- a. South Gate of the time of Justinian.
- b. Staircase leading into the Cistern.
- c. Fountain.
- d. Kiblet of Saladin. Invisible scales.
- e. Kiblet of Zachariah.
- f. Gallery of Herod discovered by Pierotti.
- Fig. 2. (C) (D). Transverse Section of the
Haram es-Sherîf.
- 22. Mount Sion.
- 23. Tyropœon Valley.
- 24. Descent to Silla.
- 25. Acra.
- 26. Bath. Hammam es-Shefa.
- 27. Spring. Hammam es-Shefa.
- 28. Dome of Moses.
- 15. Houses of the times of the Crusaders, of Solyman, &c.
- 31. Channels.
- 29. Site of Mohammed's Ascension.
- 10. Kubbet es-Sakharah.
- 11. Cistern for blood.
- 30. Dome of the Chain—Kubbet es-Silsileh.
- 9. Court of the Mosque of Kubbet es-Sakharah.
- 32. Cisterns for receiving the blood and ashes.
- 33. Golden Gate.
- 34. Mount Moriah.
- 35. Mohammedan Cemetery.
- 3. Wall of Haram es-Sherîf.
- Fig. 3. (F) (G). Ancient Section.
- 36. Temple, properly so called.
- 37. Court of the Levites. Azarath Cohanîm.
- 38. Court of the Israelites. Azarath Yisrael.
- 39. Tower Antonia, by Pierotti.
- 40. Remains of the Wall of the Prætorium, and position of the same.
- 41. High Rock.
- Fig. 4. Section of the City.
- g. Mount Gihon.
- h. Valley of Gihon.
- i. Mount Sion.
- k. Tyropœon Valley.
- l. Mount Acra.
- m. Large Valley.
- n. Mount Moriah.
- o. Valley of the Kidron.
- p. Mount of Olives.
- Fig. 5. Section of Mount Moriah.
- q. Ophel.
- n. Moriah.
- r. Northern Valley.
- s. Mount Bezetha.
- (S). Conventional Signs.
- (a). Rock.
- (b). Heaps of Ruins.
- (c). Walls of the early Arab period.
- (d). Distant Houses.
- (e). Ancient Walls.
- (f). Water-conduits.
- (g). Conduit for blood.