The Burnt Room and the House of the Bullae

The Burnt Room and the House of the Bullae (HM17FI)

Location: Jerusalem
Country: Israel
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N 31° 46.427', E 35° 14.168'

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Destruction and Ruin

"He burned the House of the Lord, the king's palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down the house of every notable person." (II Kings 25: 9)

This residential quarter went up in flames with the rest of the city during the Babylonian during the Babylonian destruction of 586 BCE.

The floors of the houses were covered by a thick layer of ash. Beneath the heap of rubble in one room, Yigal Shiloh uncovered Babylonian and Israelite arrowheads and remnants of a charred piece of wooden furniture bearing a palmette design. The wood was imported from Syria, attesting to the high status of the residents of these houses.

At the lower end of the excavation site, archaeologists found remains of an archive known as the House of the Bullaé. The fire consumed all the scrolls and documents, but hardened and preserved the bullae-pieces of clay bearing imprints with which parchment or papyrus documents were sealed. Some of the bullae bear names known to us from the Bible, such as Gemariahu son of Shaphan, who was a high-ranking official in the court of King Jehoiakim. (Jeremiah 36: 9-12)

Details

HM Number	HM17FI
Additional Information	This marker is at Stop Three "C" on the City of David Tour series.
Series	This marker is part of the City of David Tour series
Tags	Settlements and Settlers, Disasters
Historical Period	Other
Historical Place	Other
Marker Type	Other
Marker Class	Historical Marker
Marker Style	Mounted
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 at 12:50am PDT -07:00

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Directions Information	This marker is just east of Ma'ale HaShalom on Ma'alot Ir David Street.
Location Description	This marker is inside the "City of David - Ancient Jerusalem".
UTM (WGS84 Datum)	36R E 711755 N 3517538
Decimal Degrees	31.77378333, 35.23613333
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 31° 46.427', E 35° 14.168'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	31° 46' 25.6200" N, 35° 14' 10.0800" E
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Can be seen from road?	No
Is marker in the median?	No
Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal Address	At or near , Jerusalem , IL
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