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Bethalaga

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An alternative name for Khirbet Beit Bassa given by Josephus.

Romanized Name(s):
Bethalaga

Name as attested:

Βηθαλαγὰν

Language:
Greek (ancient)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Roman Early Empire-Late Antique (30 BC – AD 640) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Joseph. AJ 13.26

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

See the discussion in Josephus. Jewish Antiquities, Volume I: Books 1-3. Translated by H. St. J. Thackeray. Loeb Classical Library 242. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1930, p. 239

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