Tel Shiqmona
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
Mar 14, 2023 10:00 PM
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History
An ancient settlement located near the coast of the modern city of Haifa, Israel. Archaeological evidence indicates habitation there from the late Bronze Age through the late Byzantine period. Strabo describes the city as a ruin in his time.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678404
32.8246398, 34.9554726
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tel Shikmona (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Caifas (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Caifas (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Calamon (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Castra Samaritanorum (Georgian, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Cayphas (Georgian, AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Haifa (AD 1683 - AD 2000)
- Porphyreōn (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Qasṭǝrȧ (Ancient Hebrew, 140 BC - AD 850)
- Salmonȧ (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Sykamina (550 BC - AD 640)
- Sykaminon (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Sykaminos (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Tall Abī Ḥawām (Modern Standard Arabic, 2000 BC - AD 640)
- Tall Abī Ḥuwām (Modern Standard Arabic, unspecified date range)
- Tall Abū Hawwām (2000 BC - AD 300)
- Tall Abū Ḥawwām (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Tall Abū Ḥawām (Arabic, unspecified date range)
- Tall Abū Ḥuwām (Arabic, 2000 BC - 1200 BC)
- Tall as-Samak (Modern Standard Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 2000)
- Tẹl Šiqmonȧ (Modern Hebrew, 1200 BC - 550 BC)
- Šiqma (330 BC - AD 300)
- Šiqmȧ (Ancient Hebrew, 330 BC - AD 850)
- Ḥaifā (Modern Standard Arabic, 18000 BC - AD 2000)
- Ḥaifā 1 (Modern Standard Arabic, 18000 BC - 9500 BC)
- Ḥaifā 2 (Modern Standard Arabic, 18000 BC - 9500 BC)
- Ḥaifā 3 (Modern Standard Arabic, 18000 BC - 9500 BC)
- Ḥaifā l-ʿAtīqa (Modern Standard Arabic, unspecified date range)
- Ḥēfā (Arabic, AD 1683 - AD 2000)
- Ḥēfā l-ʿAtīqa (Arabic, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Ḥẹfa (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Ḥẹfȧ (Modern Hebrew, 3300 BC - AD 2000)
- Ḫaifa (unspecified date range)
- Ḫirbat Kafr as-Samīr (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ṣalmonȧ (Ancient Hebrew, 330 BC - AD 850)
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settlement, station (road or coastal), tell
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 A4 Sykamina
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Shiqmona, Tell es Samak ISR
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Tel Shiqmona: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678404> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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