Tell Jalul — Madaba Plain
Early Bronze Age to Islamic (3200 BCE–1400 CE)·Ammonite / Moabite / Byzantine·🇯🇴 Madaba Plateau, Jordan
About
About Tell Jalul — Madaba Plain
Tell Jalul — Madaba Plain in Madaba Plateau, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Islamic (3200 BCE–1400 CE) tell attributed to Ammonite / Moabite / Byzantine. Large Moab plateau tell with Iron Age tower and Byzantine church. Madaba Plains Project: Iron II tower, Byzantine pottery kilns.
Why it mattersKey Levantine tell with multi-period stratigraphy informing chronology of the Madaba Plateau
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Stratigraphic sequence
- 02Biblical identification debated
Theories
- 01Border fortress model
- 02Trade route control
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. 3200 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age to Islamic (3200 BCE–1400 CE)
- Culture
- Ammonite / Moabite / Byzantine
- Purpose
- Large Moab plateau tell with Iron Age tower and Byzantine church
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3200 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1925 CE
Woolley/Petrie survey
On the ground
Structures & features
31.7300° N · 35.8600° E · 900 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Jalul — Madaba Plain — Summit Citadel
citadelCitadel or summit fort on tell
31.7301° N · 35.8601° ETell Jalul — Madaba Plain — Glacis and Wall Circuit
glacisOuter fortification glacis
31.7298° N · 35.8601° ETell Jalul — Madaba Plain — Lower Town / Cemetery
lower townExtension settlement or cemetery
31.7304° N · 35.8598° E