On the eastern side of the City of David, near the Gihon Spring, a significant discovery was made recently in the excavations being carried out on the site by Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron. A private house of the late eighth century BCE was built into the large rock-cut and disused pool. The floor of the house seals a very thick fill of debris that predates it. Careful water-sifting of the fill, which is still under way, has yielded to date large amounts of pottery sherds from the early eighth or even late ninth century BCE, over one hundred fifty broken clay bullae without inscriptions, and about nine thousand fish bones (studied by Omri Lernau). The lecture will present the finds and discuss the possible implications for the archaeology and history of Jerusalem in the Iron Age II.