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ID: 6002231
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6002231
Record Type:
administrative
Tell Jemmah (historic site)
Coordinates:
Lat: 31 23 13 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 31.3872
decimal degrees
Long: 034 26 38 E
degrees minutes
Long: 34.4447
decimal degrees
Note:
Site of ancient Philistine city; during WW I, British forces camped nearby while preparing to attack Gaza (then held by the Turks).
Names:
Tell Jemmah
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Tell Jammé
(
C
,
V
)
Arzâ
(
H
,
V
)
Gerar
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Israel
(nation) (
P
)
............
Southern District
(national district) (
P
)
................
Tell Jemmah
(historic site) (
P
)
Place Types:
historic site (
preferred
,
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
............
excavated in 1927 by British archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie
deserted settlement (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Arzâ..........
[
VP
]
...........
Pleiades (2006-)
accessed 10 March 2020
Gerar..........
[
VP
]
..............
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
344
Tell Jammé..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Vilnay, Guide to Israel (1971)
301
Tell Jemmah..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Pleiades (2006-)
accessed 10 March 2020
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Pleiades (2006-)
accessed 10 March 2020
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
344
..................
Vilnay, Guide to Israel (1971)
301
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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