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Creation Date
1977
Image ID
A.087
Subcollection
A
Image Notes
Photograph created 1977. Photograph processed April 1977. Formerly cataloged as B01.087. No notes written on the slide or index.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Jerusalem, Israel
Description
087- A close-up of the inside of the Bab al-Qattanin, or the Gate of the Cotton Merchants. The Cotton Merchant’s Gate is one of the grandest gates on the Haram Sharif and is located in the western wall of the Haram Sharif. The gate leads into the Cotton Merchant’s Market (Suq al-Qattanin), which was built by the Mamluk al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad in the 14th century, and which according to K.A.C Creswell was the finest bazaar in Syria. The entrance portal (not visible in this image) is located within a much larger deeply recessed portal containing impressive muqarnas or stalactite decoration and outlined by an arch with alternating red and white ablaq masonry.
Keywords
Jerusalem, Israel
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