Deir 'Alla, Sanctuary - Vici.org

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Tell Deir Alla, Bileam or Balaam inscription Inscription (Aramaic)
Date: BCE_0840c-BCE0760c
Category: Prehistory
Institution: Amman, The Jordan Museum
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Bileam or Balaam inscription Inscription (Aramaic)
Date: BCE_0840c-BCE0760c
Category: Prehistory
Institution:
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Bileam or Balaam inscription Inscription (Aramaic)
Date: BCE_0840c-BCE0760c
Category: Prehistory
Institution:
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Bileam or Balaam inscription Inscription (Aramaic)
Date: BCE_0840c-BCE0760c
Category: Prehistory
Institution:
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Bileam or Balaam inscription Inscription (Aramaic)
Date: BCE_0840c-BCE0760c
Category: Prehistory
Institution:
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Bileam or Balaam inscription Inscription (Aramaic)
Date: BCE_0840c-BCE0760c
Category: Prehistory
Institution:
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Bileam or Balaam inscription Inscription (Aramaic)
Date: BCE_0840c-BCE0760c
Category: Prehistory
Institution:
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Bileam or Balaam inscription Inscription (Aramaic)
Date: BCE_0840c-BCE0760c
Category: Prehistory
Institution:
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Bileam or Balaam inscription Inscription (Aramaic)
Date: BCE_0840c-BCE0760c
Category: Prehistory
Institution:
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Claytablet with inscription in a not identified language Inscription (not identified)
Date: BCE_1300c-BCE_1200c
Category: Prehistory
Institution: Amman, The Jordan Museum
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Claytablet with inscription in a not identified language Inscription (not identified)
Date: BCE_1300c-BCE_1200c
Category: Prehistory
Institution: Amman, The Jordan Museum
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Goblet dating from Late Bronze Pottery
Date: BCE_1300c-BCE_1200c
Category: Prehistory
Institution: Amman, The Jordan Museum
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Pottery, dating from Iron II Pottery
Date: BCE_1000c-BCE_0900c
Category: Prehistory
Institution: Amman, The Jordan Museum
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Gold earring, dating from Iron II Jewelry
Date: BCE_1000c-BCE_0900c
Category: Prehistory
Institution: Amman, The Jordan Museum
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Arrowheads dating from Iron II Military equipment
Date: BCE_1000c-BCE_0900c
Category: Prehistory
Institution: Amman, The Jordan Museum
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Anklet dating from Iron II Utensil
Date: BCE_1000c-BCE_0900c
Category: Prehistory
Institution: Amman, The Jordan Museum
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Tell Deir Alla, Bileam or Balaam inscription Inscription (Aramaic)
Date: BCE_0840c-BCE0760c
Category: Prehistory
Institution:
Place of discovery: Pethor?
Collection: Livius

Surroundings:

Deir Alla Inscription

Clay tablets of Deir Alla

Temple or sanctuary

Location:

Jordan, Dayr ‘Allā
geo:32.19701,35.621178
Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

-1700~ / unknown

Class:

Temple or sanctuary
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=42434

Annotations

See:

Chapter 6 Study of the excavated remains: Tell Deir Alla, in: Unravelling the fabric: Textile production in Iron Age Transjordan [S.l.]: s.n 2013
Edward Lipiński, On the Skirts of Canaan in the Iron Age: Historical and Topographical Researches, Peeters Publishers, 2006, pp.288-293
H. J. Franken, Deir Alla, tell (archaeology), Anchor Bible Dictionary, vol. 2, D-G, 1992.
idem: Excavations at Deir ‘Alla, Season 1964. Preliminary Report.Vetus TestamentumXIV (3), 1964
idem: Excavations at Deir ‘Alla, Season 1964. Preliminary Report.Vetus TestamentumXIV (4), 1964
Zeidan A. Kafafi, The Archaeological Context of the Tell Deir ‘Allā Tablets - https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/15866/08%20ASLU%2019%20Chapter%208.pdf?sequence=14

Relevant museums

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.

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Deir Alla Tablets Inscriptions

Deir Alla clay inscribed tablets.