Description
Coloured aquatint, 1804, after L. Mayer.
Inscription: Fountain of Siloam near Jerusalem. fontaine de Siloé prés de Jérusalem. ; L. Mayer delt.
Image Licence
CC BY 4.0
Image Credit
image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London
Location
Pool of Siloam, Jerusalem
Medium
Print
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Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
Gihon Spring (or Fountain of the Virgin) in the Kidron Valley, in northern part of the Old City, was the main source of water for the Pool of Siloam (wikipedia) and David Roberts in ' The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia' refers to Gihon Spring as "Upper Fountain of Siloam"
