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Creation Year
1977
Image ID
A.065
Alternate Identifier
B01.061
Subcollection
A: Jerusalem
Abstract
Low relief arabesque carvings on the dome of the Sebil Sultan Qait Bay.
Description
A view of the Mamluk sebil or water-fountain of Sultan Qait Bay dating from 1482. It consists of three zones, the tallest of which is the square base crowned with relief Quranic inscriptions, followed by a drum with pyramidal buttresses and pierced by four windows, and finally the whole is topped by a dome with a finial.
Image Notes
Photograph created 1977. Photograph processed April 1977. Formerly cataloged as B01.065. No notes written on the slide or index.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
Keywords
Qait Bay, Dome, Fountain, Stone, Carving, Stone Carving, Ashlar, Masonry, Fifteenth Century, Mamluk, Temple Mount
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