page_title: Struthion Pool
hierarchical_section_title: Struthion Pool
caption_attribution_description: English: Jerusalem, Western wall tunnel, Ancient cistern, behind the wall is the Struthion pool Deutsch: Jerusalem, Westmauertunnel, Zisterne am Ende des Tunnels, hinter der mauer ist das Struthionbecken
context_page_description: The Struthion Pool, effectually translated from the Greek as 'Sparrow Pool' is a large cuboid cistern beneath the Convent of the Sisters of Zion in the Old City of Jerusalem, built by Herod the Great in the first century BCE.
context_section_description: The Struthion Pool, effectually translated from the Greek as 'Sparrow Pool' (Aramaic: אשווח צפרא) is a large cuboid cistern beneath the Convent of the Sisters of Zion in the Old City of Jerusalem, built by Herod the Great in the first century BCE.
caption: One chamber of the pool
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