1,300-year-old lead Menorah pendant unearthed near Temple Mount

Rare 1,300-year-old lead pendant decorated with a menorah uncovered on Temple Mount

Rare 1,300-year-old lead pendant decorated with a menorah uncovered on Temple Mount. How did an ancient pendant made of cast lead, decorated on both sides with a seven-branched menorah, come to Jerusalem at a time when Jewish presence in the city was restricted? The post Rare 1300-year-old lead pendant decorated with a menorah uncovered on Temple Mount appeared first on Jerusalem World News.

Menorah amulet from Byzantine time found in ancient Jerusalem

The crudely fashioned, possibly homemade pendant was unearthed by the Temple Mount in a Byzantine building from 1,300 years ago, a time Jews were banned from the city

1,300-year-old lead Menorah pendant unearthed near Temple Mount

During the Byzantine era, Jews were formally forbidden from entering Jerusalem. The presence of such an object suggests that Jews nevertheless continued to visit under unofficial circumstances

Ancient menorah pendant discovered under Temple Mount puzzles archaeologists

Rare metal pendant bearing a menorah symbol unearthed during excavations underneath the southwest corner of the Temple Mount – but dates back to a time when Jews were banned from the city. By World Israel News Staff Archeologists digging underneath the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount recently discovered a metal pendant bearing a symbol of a menorah, raising questions about how a clearly Jewish item reached Jerusalem during a time when Je…

Ancient menorah pendant discovered in Jerusalem excavation

An exceptionally rare lead pendant decorated with a seven-branched menorah has been discovered during archaeological excavations at Jerusalem's Temple Mount, in the southwestern corner, raising questions about Jewish presence in the city during a period when they were officially prohibited from entering, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. The 1,300-year-old artifact was found in the Davidson Archaeological Park by workers conducting …

Rare 1,400-year-old menorah pendant found near Western Wall sheds light on Byzantine

The pendant likely belonged to a Jew who entered Jerusalem despite Byzantine bans on Jewish presence in the city — a rare personal object symbolizing faith and identity during a time of official exclusion