The fifth volume in the series of final reports on the work of the Joint Expedition to Jerusalem in the 1960s describes the discoveries made in six sites in the ancient city and places them in the archaeological and historical context of Jerusalem and the surrounding lands. Among the most debated issues are the extent of the occupation of the city during the Iron Age, the location of the southern defence line in Herodian and Roman times, and the date of the destruction of an Umayyad palatial structure. There is fresh information on the civic amenities of the southern half of the Byzantine city, and on the structure of the Ottoman city defences built under Sulaiman the Magnificent in the sixteenth century. Fine glazed pottery, both locally made and imported, and the wide range of materials reaching Jerusalem through trade and pilgrimage, reflect elite patronage and the high status of the holy city under Islamic rule.

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Table of Figures
• Preface and acknowledgements
• Abbreviations used in this volume
• Conventions used in this volume
• Locations of registered finds from Jerusalem (with abbreviations)
• 1. Introduction
  • Sites and choices
  • Terminology
  • Methodology
  • Layout
  • Ceramics
• 2. Site V. The Byzantine re-structuring of the city
  • Introduction
  • Report on Site V.I
  • Conclusions
  • Report on Site V.II
  • Notes on walls
  • Conclusions
  • Stratigraphic correlation of Sites V.I and V.II and conclusions
• 3. Site E. Caves, quarries, hermits and houses
  • Introduction
  • Site E.I
  • Conclusions
  • Site E.II
  • Conclusions
• 4. Site D. The southern suburbs of the Byzantine city
  • Report on Site D.I - Introduction
  • Summary of six stratigraphic phases
  • Contexts, features and finds
  • Conclusions
  • Report on Site D.II
  • Summary of five stratigraphic phases (Figs 43, 44)
  • Contexts, features and finds
  • Conclusions
  • Conclusions for Sites D.I and D.II
• 5. Site B. The southern city wall
  • Introduction
  • Summary of Site B
• 6. Sites G and J. The Umayyad palatial building
  • Index
  • Introduction
  • The Early Islamic building complex
  • The documentation and finds
  • The topography
  • Site G
  • Site J - Introduction
  • Phasing
  • Phase 7: the fill beneath the Umayyad building
  • Phase 6: the building, the make-up, foundations and drains of the Umayyad building phase
  • Phase 5: debris above the floor of Building II
  • Phase 4: minor building and robbing
  • Phase 3: the ‘Mamluk’ drain
  • Phase 2: the building of the Ottoman city wall
  • Phase 1: surface deposits
  • Conclusions
  • The pottery from Sites G and J
  • Introduction
  • Site G pottery
  • Site J pottery
  • 1. Notes on pottery from stratigraphically defined Phases 7 and 6b contexts in Site J
  • 2. Fine Byzantine/Metallic wares (see Fig. 153a)
  • 3. Black or Red Incised Ware; Cut Ware
  • 4. Zoomorphic vessels
  • 5. Common forms in pink-firing fabrics
  • 6. Cooking ware (see Fig. 154a)
  • 7. Early Islamic Cream ware
  • The extended range of Islamic Cream Wares
  • 8. Glazed Wares
  • 9. Chinese and Imitation Chinese wares, Porcelains
  • 10. Unglazed pottery from stratigraphically defined Phases 2 and 1 contexts in Site J
  • 11. Hand Made Geometric Painted ware (HMGP ware)
  • 12. Ottoman smoking pipes
  • 13. A corpus of decorative motifs
  • 14. Summary of the pottery report
  • Lamps from Site J
  • Conclusion
  • Catalogue of registered objects in various materials from Site J
  • Summary of registered objects in various materials from Site J
  • Coins from Site J (Fig. 154e)
• 7. Sites S.I, III–VI. The defences of the Ottoman city
  • Introduction
  • Report on Site S.I
  • The stratigraphic analysis of Site S.I
  • The pottery from Site S.I
  • The coins from Site S.I
  • An architectural analysis of the outer side of the Ottoman city wall at Site S.I
  • The ditch
  • History of the area
  • Conclusions
  • Report on Site S.III
  • The stratigraphic analysis of Site S.III
  • Conclusions
  • Report on Site S.IV
  • Summary stratigraphic analysis of Site S.IV
  • Conclusions
  • Report on Site S.V
  • Summary stratigraphic analysis of Site S.V
  • Report on Site S.VI
  • Summary stratigraphic analysis of Site S.VI
  • Conclusions
  • Summary of Sites S.I, III-VI
• 8 . The Roman and Late Roman Fine Wares*
  • Site V
  • Site E
  • Site D
  • Site B
  • Site S
  • Bibliography
  • * Note
• 9. The stamped amphora handles - Deborah Snow and Kay Prag with Andreas Dimoulinis, Carolyn G. Koehler and Philippa M. W. Matheson
  • The contexts of the Jerusalem stamps in the Kenyon excavations
  • Discussion
  • Bibliography
• 10. Jerusalem: the coins* - Richard Reece, with Helen Brown, Kevin Butcher and Michael Metcalf
  • Jerusalem: a short commentary on the coins
  • * Note
  • References and abbreviations
• 11. Late Ottoman pipes from Jerusalem - St John Simpson
  • Introduction
  • Eighteenth century pipes
  • Eighteenth or nineteenth century pipes
  • Mid-late nineteenth century pipes
  • Discussion
  • Bibliography
• 12. The Arabic inscriptions from Jerusalem - Moshalleh al-Moreikhi, with contributions from the late Père B. Couroyer OP, C.E. Bosworth and R. Smith
  • Bibliography
• 13. Scarabs and scaraboids from Jerusalem: a summary list - Kay Prag, with comments provided by the late Père B. Couroyer OP
  • Bibliography
• 14. Shells from Jerusalem: Sites B, D, E, J, S and V
  • Mediterranean shells
  • Red Sea shells
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
• 15. General data, summary and conclusions
  • General data
  • The distribution of Iron Age II sherds
  • Shells, coral, fish, incense and the socio-economic longue durée in Jerusalem
  • The coins
  • Hellenistic period
  • Roman/Byzantine periods
  • The city wall in Site B and the date and location of the southern defence line
  • The Byzantine city
  • The archaeological importance of Jerusalem for the Byzantine/Umayyad transition
  • The Umayyad period
  • From Umayyad to Mamluk
  • The Ottoman redevelopment of the city
  • Final
• Bibliography
• Index