Jerusalem, the Old City, Ḥush Sahah Street

In June 2019, an excavation was conducted in a private residential building on H ush Sahah Street to the northwest of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem (Permit No. A-8548; map ref. 221759–66/631894–902; Fig. 1), prior to development work. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, was directed by D. Yeger (field photography), with the assistance of N. Nehama and S. Cohen (administration), V. Essman (surveying and photogrammetry), and G. Tsabari (photogrammetry), O. Ross (drafting), D. Tanami (metal detection), L. Sandberg (numismatics), C. Hersch (pottery drawing), I. Reznitsky (metallurgical laboratory), D. Gazit (studio photography), Y. Gorin-Rosen (glass), T. Shadiel (archaeozoology), IAA Old City district archaeologist N. Sapir, and laborers provided by the developer.