Jerusalem - Binyane Ha'uma Ceramics Workshop Excerpted by Hillel
Geva from Preliminary Reports* by Haim Goldfus and Benny Arubas
In 1992, remains of a ceramics workshop of the Tenth Roman
Legion were uncovered at Binyane Ha'uma (Jerusalem Convention
Center) in western Jerusalem; evidence of its existence had
first been noted in excavations carried out between 1949 and
1967. Located on a hill some 2 km. west of the Old City, the
site overlooks the ancient route from the coastal plain via
Nahal Sorek to Jerusalem. The remains revealed three distinct
periods of occupation: in the Second Temple period (1st century
BCE to 1st century CE), there was a small settlement with a
pottery workshop; in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, there was a
workshop of the Tenth Roman Legion; in the Byzantine period (5th
- 6th centuries) a monastery stood on the site. Mentioned in
contemporary sources, it was identified as the Monastery of St.
George Outside the Walls. The Tenth Roman Legion Workshop The
Roman workshop covered a considera