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ID: 7024304
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7024304
Record Type:
administrative
Tel Bet Yerah (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 32 42 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 32.7000
decimal degrees
Long: 035 34 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 35.5667
decimal degrees
Note:
Ancient fortified settlement at southern tip of Sea of Galilee; settled in Early Bronze Age; populated from Hellenistic to Arab periods; Khirbet Kerak ware is name of Early Bronze Age pottery found at site.
Names:
Tel Bet Yerah
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Bet Yerah
(
C
,
V
)
Beit Yerah
(
C
,
V
)
Beth Yerah
(
C
,
V
)
Khirbet Kerak
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Israel
(nation) (
P
)
............
Northern
(national district) (
P
)
................
Tel Bet Yerah
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
tell (
C
)
inhabited place (
H
)
............
ancient
Early Bronze Age (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Beit Yerah..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
Beth Yerah..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
accessed 06/02/99
Bet Yerah..........
[
VP
]
....................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
Khirbet Kerak..........
[
VP
]
..........................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
accessed 06/02/99
Tel Bet Yerah..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..........................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
..........................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
196
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
accessed 06/02/99
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
196
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
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© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust
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