Sychem
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, Noah Kaye, Rune Rattenborg
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Last modified
Dec 23, 2023 12:47 PM
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History
An ancient settlement in the Levant, attested Biblically and in ancient Egyptian documents and the Amarna letters. Scholars associate this settlement with the archaeological site of Tel Balata, which is located in the modern West Bank and has seen attention from archaeologists since the early 20th century.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678403
32.2135284, 35.2821112
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Tall Balāṭah (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Tell Balata (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- None
- Neapolis located near Sychem (30 BC - AD 640)
findspot, place of finding, settlement, archaeological site
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 B5 Sychem
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Balata WBK
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, Noah Kaye, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Sychem: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678403> [accessed: 25 April 2024]
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