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Creation Year
1960
Image ID
A.090
Alternate Identifier
B01.090
Subcollection
A: Jerusalem
Description
A view of the Chain Gate Fountain (Sebil Bab el-Silsileh), near the Chain Gate. It was among the many sebils (water fountain) commissioned by the Sultan Sulayman in the 16th century, and is dated 1537 AD. It consists of a recessed niche framed by a pointed arch. Just inside it is another arch made of a zig-zag pattern. The arches frame within them a rosette, below which is an inscription in Arabic.
Image Notes
Photograph created 1960. Photograph processed August 1960. Formerly cataloged as B01.090. Notes written on the slide or index: Gate of the Chain Fountain
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
Keywords
Full View, Chain Gate Fountain, Fountain, Ashlar, Masonry, Arches, Chain Gate Street, Sixteenth Century, Ottoman
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