The eastern gate of the Har HaBayit. Above it is depicted Shushan the capital, facing the Mount of Olives. The tour renders it as a bas-relief in the stone of the wall: a rampart with six crenellated towers, its gate, and the bira in the middle.
Dimensions
- above the east gate of the Har HaBayit, facing the Mount of Olives
- a rampart with six crenellated towers, its gate, and the bira in the middle (the tour's choice)
Sources
- Middot 1:3“שַׁעַר הַמִּזְרָחִי, עָלָיו שׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה צוּרָה”
Project decisionTour's choice: the Mishna says Shushan was depicted above the gate (Middot 1:3), without saying how. The bas-relief — the rampart, its towers and the bira — is designed for the tour, as is the gate's position on the axis of the Temple: Middot does not locate the gates within the wall.