Jerusalem - Tomb of Jason

A short distance beyond the Chief Rabbinate in Jerusalem is Zarfat Square (Kikar Zarfat). Turning right from here into Ramban Street and in some 300m/330yds turning left along Ibn Ezra Street and its continuation Alfasi Street, we come (at No. 10) to the Tomb of Jason, a Hellenistic monument discovered during excavation work in 1956. The name of the occupant appears in an inscription. The tomb, which is dated to the second century B.C., has a façade of dressed stone and is topped by a pyramid. The entrance, divided into two by a squat column, leads into a passage flanked by tomb chambers with recesses for burials in the walls.