Pillar of Absalom

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ancient monument funerary monument rock-cut tomb tourist attraction

The Pillar of Absalom is an ancient monumental rock-cut tomb and funerary monument in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, traditionally associated with Absalom, the rebellious son of the biblical King David.

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Label Occurrences
Absalom’s Pillar 1
Pillar of Absalom canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient monument ⓘ
funerary monument ⓘ
rock-cut tomb ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Hellenistic architecture ⓘ
classical Jewish funerary architecture ⓘ
associatedFigure King David ⓘ
associatedWithText Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
category Ancient Jewish tombs in Jerusalem ⓘ
Archaeological sites in Jerusalem ⓘ
Monuments and memorials in Jerusalem ⓘ
constructionTechnique rock-cut ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
culturalPractice stone-throwing at monument ⓘ
dating 1st century CE (approximate scholarly view) ⓘ
era late Second Temple period ⓘ
function memorial monument ⓘ
tomb ⓘ
hasPart Egyptian-style cornice ⓘ
Ionic columns ⓘ
conical roof ⓘ
decorated upper section ⓘ
monolithic lower section ⓘ
hasRelief Nabataean and Hellenistic decorative elements ⓘ
heritageContext Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
surface form: Second Temple period
locatedIn Israel ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Kidron Valley ⓘ
managedBy Israel Nature and Parks Authority ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
near Tomb of Benei Hezir ⓘ
Tomb of Zechariah ⓘ
ownership Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
region walls of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Jerusalem Old City area
religiousSignificance symbol of rebellion and punishment in Jewish tradition ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
traditionalAssociation Absalom ⓘ
son of King David ⓘ
UNESCOContext within Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls World Heritage area (buffer zone context) ⓘ
usedFor pilgrimage site ⓘ
religious customs ⓘ
valley Kidron Valley ⓘ
visibleFrom Mount of Olives ⓘ
Temple Mount ⓘ
surface form: Temple Mount area

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tomb of Benei Hezir → adjacentTo → Pillar of Absalom ⓘ
Yad Avshalom → hasAlternativeName → Pillar of Absalom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Absalom’s Pillar