Hypothetical31.2794° N · 34.4691° E · 191 m
Tell el-Farah North Sector 489
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE)·Israelite·🇮🇱 Negev, Israel
About
About Tell el-Farah North Sector 489
Tell el-Farah North Sector 489 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell. Recorded context — Period: Iron Age (1200-586 BCE); Culture: Israelite; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: stone, earth; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Israelite tell.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology
Theories
- 01Ritual model
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1831 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age (1200-586 BCE)
- Culture
- Israelite
- Purpose
- Settlement
- Rediscovered
- 1922
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE)
Initial construction
On the ground
Structures & features
31.2794° N · 34.4691° E · 191 m · 4 mapped features
- Tell el-Farah North Sector 489 — Principal FeaturestructureTell el-Farah North Sector 489 at Tell el-Farah North Sector 48931.2783° N · 34.4690° E
- Tell el-Farah North Sector 489 — Ancillary ComplexcomplexTell el-Farah North Sector 489 at Tell el-Farah North Sector 48931.2786° N · 34.4706° E
- Tell el-Farah North Sector 489 — Outlier FeatureoutlierTell el-Farah North Sector 489 at Tell el-Farah North Sector 48931.2801° N · 34.4700° E
- Tell el-Farah North Sector 489 — Reservoir/CisternhydraulicTell el-Farah North Sector 489 at Tell el-Farah North Sector 48931.2787° N · 34.4707° E