Islamic Oil Lamp
Mazar, Eilat, The Complete Guide to the Temple Mount Excavations, Shoham Academic Research and Publication, Jerusalem, 2002.
Early Arab Period
Ummayad Stone Decoration
Mazar, Eilat, The Complete Guide to the Temple Mount Excavations, Shoham Academic Research and Publication, Jerusalem, 2002.
Bronze Follis
Obverse- Caliph standing facing; Arabic inscription- “Mohammed is the messenger of Allah.” Reverse- Letter M, Arabic inscription- “Iliya, Filistin.” Archaeological Center Auction Catalogue. Auction no. 36, Tel Aviv, Oct. 20, 2005.
Fatimid Bracelets, 969-1171
Ancient gold and silver bracelets dating back 1,000 to the Fatimid period (969-1171 CE) were uncovered in 2006 in an excavation at Ramle. Photo courtesy of the Israel Antiqities Authority. Jewish Virtual Library- Ramla Excavations- Gold & Silver Bracelets (April 11, 2006)
Rujm Sfar Inscription, 7th-8th century
Rujm Sfar Inscription One Muslim expressed his belief on this stone found at the Byzantine fortress of Rujm Sfar. Its seventh- or early-eighth-century script reads- “I, Yusuf ibn Zubayd al-Ayli, do not associate anything with Allah.” Like the inscriptions decorating the Dome of the Rock, these statements were meant to exalt the singleness of God […]
Muslim Coin, late 7th century
Muslim Coin A simple declaration of faith is stamped on this coin from the late seventh century- “There is no God but Allah alone; he has no companion.” During the rule of Caliph ‘Abd al-Malik in the late-seventh and early-eighth centuries, similar phrases were inscribed on Muslim gold and silver coins, as well as on […]
Moslem Jerusalem 638-1099, Teddy Kollek and Moshe Pearlman, Jerusalem: Sacred City of Mankind, Steimatzky Ltd., Jerusalem, 1991.
The caliph Omar, as we have seen, was careful not to harm Jerusalem. This was because of its special sanctity for the adherents of the new religion of Islam. It was by no means as holy as Mecca, where Mohammed was born, or Medina, which welcomed him after his flight from his home town and […]