The Finger of
Og , King of Bashan, is the name given to a huge stone pillar, sometimes called Herod's Pillar, which lies in front of the
Russian Compound
The Russian Compound ( he, מִגְרַשׁ הָרוּסִים, ''Migraš ha-Rusim'', ar, المسكوبية, ''al-Muskubīya'', russian: Русское подворье в Иерусалиме) is one of the oldest districts in central Jer ...
in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
.
The column measures long and is thought to have been intended for use in either
Herod's Temple,
or the later Byzantine
Nea Church.
[Yoram Tsafrir]
Procopius on the nea church, the cardo, and 'the finger of Og' in Jerusalem
, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem, Israel (1976) Its upper surface is partially dressed and the discovery of a flaw appears to be the reason it was abandoned and left in-situ.
See also
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Levantine archaeology
References
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Classical sites in Jerusalem
Russian Compound