Umm el-Jimal
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors:
Michael Satlow, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Gaia Lembi, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 31, 2022 10:59 AM
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History
Probably a Nabatean foundation, later much expanded in the Roman, Byzantine, and Early Islamic periods, this well-preserved site is located in the Jordan valley, just south of the Syrian border. Its ancient name is unknown.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678439
32.3261513, 36.3685693
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 10311 (30 BC - AD 640)
- OSM location of Um Al-Jimal (30 BC - AD 640)
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640)
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- أم الجمال (Umm el-Jimal: Arabic, modern)
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None
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 D5 Umm el-Jimal
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Umm el-Jimal, JOR
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Michael Satlow, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Gaia Lembi, Tom Elliott, DARMC, and R. Talbert, 'Umm el-Jimal: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678439> [accessed: 04 June 2023]
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