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Creation Year
1963
Image ID
A.092
Alternate Identifier
B01.092
Subcollection
A: Jerusalem
Abstract
View of the Tomb of Sitt Tunshuq on Aqabat al-Takiyya Street.
Description
A view of the Turbat (tomb) of Sitt Tunshuq al-Muzaffariyah, built in 1398 at the passing of Sitt Tunshuq, an influential Mamluk woman for whom this particular hill of the city is named. The tomb faces the slightly earlier Lady Tunshuq's Palace, which was later used by Khassaki Sultan, the wife of Suleyman the Magnificent, and was the Governor's house during Ottoman times.
Image Notes
Photograph created 1963. Photograph processed June 1963. Formerly cataloged as B.01.092. Notes written on the slide or index: Tomb.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
Keywords
Tomb, Sitt Tunshuq, Aqabat al-Takiyya Street, Stone, Masonry, Arches, Fourteenth Century, Mamluk
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