Meleke (Arabic: ملكي, "royal", "kingly"; Hebrew: אבן ירושלמית), also transliterated melekeh or malaki, is a lithologic type of white, coarsely-crystalline, thickly bedded-limestone found in the Judaean Mountains in Israel.[1][2] It has been used in the traditional architecture of Jerusalem since ancient times, especially in Herodian architecture.[3] Though it is often popularly referred to as Jerusalem stone, that phrase can refer to a number of different types of stone found and used in or associated with Jerusalem.[4]
- ^ "Meleke White Limestone - Ivory Limestone - StoneContact.com". www.stonecontact.com. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ Shadmon, Asher (1972), Stone in Israel, Jerusalem: Natural Resources Research Organization, Ministry of Development, State of Israel, p. 30.
- ^ Yaacov Arkin and Amos Ecker (July 2007). Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Concerns in Developing the Infrastructure Around Jerusalem (PDF). The Ministry of National Infrastructures Geoological Survey of Israel. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-05.
- ^ Ilene Prusher (January 4, 2000). "Palestinians' stones cut both ways". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2008-09-13.