Jerusalem, Damascus Gate

In July and September 2019, two salvage excavations were conducted in Sultan Suleiman Street in Jerusalem, between Damascus Gate and Zedekiah’s Cave (Permit Nos. A-8468, A-8592; map ref. 221930–958/632145–170; Fig. 1) prior to the development of a public space. The excavations, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation, were directed by A. Landes-Nagar (field photography), with the assistance of N. Nehama (administration), D. Yeger and D. Tanami (archaeological inspection), S. Halevi (field photography and photogrammetry), A. Peretz (field photography), I.E. Delerson (plans), A. de Vincenz (nineteenth–twentieth-century CE pottery, glassware and small finds), E.J. Stern (medieval pottery), T. Winter (glass), C. Amit (studio photography), I. Reznitsky (metallurgical laboratory), D.T. Ariel (numismatics), L. Weinblum (computing) and laborers provided by the contractor.