Jerusalem Internationa...
1st c. BCE-2nd c. CE
Late Hellenistic, Roman
Casserole/Lopas, Cooki...
This site encompasses an enormous zone of workshops, at least 4.5 ha, located on the western side of the modern city of Jerusalem, at and around the sites of a former Hilton Hotel and the current Jerusalem International Convention Center (Hebrew Binyane Ha'uma). Another kiln that is part of this same large complex is the Crowne Plaza Car Park, located at the site of the former Crowne Plaza Hotel's parking lot. Many campaigns have taken place here, beginning in 1949, resumed in 1968, again in 1992, and again from 2009-2011. The earliest evidence for production - kilns, settling pits, and wasters - dates from the very late second/early fir...
