Place of Trumpeting Stone

ID: IJNTWW18

Place of Trumpeting Stone

This stone was discovered at the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount. Evidently it had been the upper course of the southwestern corner, and from this position a priest would have blown a trumpet to announce the beginning and end of the sabbath and festivals.

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Keywords: Jerusalem, Mazar, Second Temple, Roman Period, Herod the Great, Umayyad, New Testament, Atlas 197 198, Titus, A.D. 70, Temple Mount, Trumpet, Trumpeting, Place of Trumpeting, Hebrew Inscription