Object Record
Metadata
Accession number |
2010.625 |
Title |
Siloam Inscription |
Date |
7th century, BC, facs. |
Notes |
Exact replica of Siloan Inscription, 7th century B.C.: The inscription commemorates the completion of the rock-cut tunnel, as projected by Hezekiah in the 7th century BC, and it refers to the suppklying of Jerusalem with water from its source to the Pool of Siloam in about 701 BC. The language is Hebrew, carved in the stone of the wall, 6 lines in length, 1.32 meters wide and .21 meters high. A translation accompanies the replica and translates to the effect that workers tunelling from both ends, they could hear the picks and finally the voices of the other crew working about 3 cubits away, until on the day they worlked pick against pick, and the water flowed to the pool (twel)ve hundred cubits (despite the fact that) the height of the rock above the stonecutters' heads was pne hundred cubits./ The original is in the Museum of the Ancient Orient, istanbul, Turkey. The replica is in plaster with coloring to look like the original. |
Collection |
John Hellstern Collection |