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To: SJackson
What's a dunam, and what are ashlar stones?

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7 posted on 12/03/2006 2:41:50 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( Many kind freepers helped organize a FRhomepage.)
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8 posted on 12/03/2006 3:00:38 PM PST by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 66-68)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Ashlars are large, hard, carved stones.


11 posted on 12/03/2006 7:27:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Dunam, four to the acre. Old measurement of land still in use in the middle east.

Ashlar stone, a stone that has been quarried and neatly dressed into building stones. Often used as stone facings. The presence of ashlar stones at this site indicate that this was a long standing, well established town with a good commerce base. Only the wealthy build with ashlar stones.


15 posted on 12/03/2006 9:13:09 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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