Witnesses at the City Gate
The couple presented before village elders at the city gate, elders seated on stone benches acting as witnesses, a scribe holding a parchment scroll and a clay seal, a donkey and market stalls nearby, ashlar stone gate architecture and timber doors, the groom in a belted tunic and mantle, the bride veiled in linen with modest jewelry; 40mm architectural composition, midday sun with sharp shadows, crisp textures on stone and textiles, historically grounded legal scene common in ancient Hebrew towns

