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ID: 1081891
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1081891
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dhībān (inhabited place)  Dhībān (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 035 47 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.7833  decimal degrees

Note: Was an ancient city of Palestine; noted for Maobite stone that was discovered in 1868; it is a block of black basalt with inscription in Maobite alphabet (Phoenician script) dating to ca. 850 BCE, detailing triumph of Maob king over Israelites.

Names:
Dhībān (preferred,C,V)
Dhiban (C,V)
Diban (C,V)
Dibon (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Jordan (nation)  ........  Jordan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Mādabā (governorate)  ............  Mādabā (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Dhībān (inhabited place)  ................  Dhībān (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient city
town (C)
archaeological site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dhībān..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Dhiban..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 242
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 55
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 331
Diban..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 242
Dibon..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 242
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 242
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 55
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 331
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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