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Tirzah

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Oct 19, 2023 01:40 PM — History

Tell el-Far'ah (North) is an archaeological site northeast of the modern-day town of Nablus, identified with the Biblical town of Tirzah. The tell shows signs of inhabitation from the Neolithic Period through the Iron Age.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589744740

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.2871958765, 35.337892338

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tell el-Far'ah (North) (10000 BC - 550 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- تل الفارعة (Tall al-Fāriʿah: Arabic, modern)
- תִּרְצָ֖ה (Tirzah: Ancient Hebrew, 3300 BC - 1200 BC)

Tirzah makes connections with:

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Tirzah receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Tirzah: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589744740> [accessed: 15 October 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589744740 |title=Places: 589744740 (Tirzah) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=October 15, 2024 3:24 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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