A man sitting beside the Sebil Sultan Qait Bay.
A view of the Mamluk sebil or water-fountain of Sultan Qait Bay dating from 1482. It consists of three zones, the tallest of which is the square base crowned with relief Quranic inscriptions, followed by a drum with pyramidal buttresses and pierced by four windows, and finally the whole is topped by a dome with a finial.
Photograph created 1977. Photograph processed April 1977. Formerly cataloged as B01.063. Notes written on the slide or index: Haram esh-sharif.
