‘Atiqot 101 (2020)
ISBN 978-965-406-719-5
Radiocarbon Dating of the Plaster of Siloam Pool in the City of David
(pp. 79–81)
Elisabetta Boaretto
Keywords: Jerusalem, Carbon-14, charcoal
Plaster samples were collected from the outer face of the dam wall of the Siloam Pool in the City of David. The age obtained corresponds to the Persian and Hellenistic periods. The discrepancy between this date and the date based on the archaeological material and stratigraphy (seventh century–586 BCE) is currently difficult to explain.