The utensil in this photograph was found whole in an archaeological excavation under the pavement of the Western Wall plaza, conducted in conjunction with the Israel Antiquities Authority Educational centers. The excavation is focused now on the later layers from the 18th – 20th centuries CE – the Ottoman and British Mandate periods and during the Jordanian rule of the Old City.

Food of Truth – Parashat Shemini
BS”D Shemini – 5785 Food of Truth – Parashat Shemini Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites Parashat Shemini details the