RT Article
T1 New archaeological and numismatic evidence for the persian destruction of Jerusalem in 614 CE
JF Israel exploration journal
VO 60
IS 2
SP 204
OP 221
A1 Ben-Ami, Doron
A1 Tseḥanovits, Yanah
A1 Bijovski, Gabriela
LA English
PB Soc.
YR 2010
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1589677412
AB The recent discoveries related to the late Byzantine period in the northern part of the City of David contribute crucial evidence and shed new light on Jerusalem at the close of the Byzantine period. The location of a gold hoard found buried under the destruction debris of a large impressive building exposed in the excavations at the Giv‘ati parking lot seems to imply that it was imperial money in the hands of an official authority, intended for public needs. This could have been the result of an emergency coinage—an extraordinary limited issue struck in Jerusalem under hasty conditions. Evaluation of the archeological and numismatic evidence strongly suggests that the destruction of this large Byzantine architectural complex should be associated with the outcome of the Persian invasion to Jerusalem in 614 CE.
K1 Münze
K1 Realien
K1 Archäologie
K1 Jerusalem