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Beer Sheva/Berosaba

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: B. Isaac

Contributors: Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Noah Kaye, Rune Rattenborg

Last modified Feb 09, 2023 12:07 PM — History

tags: dare:major=0, UWHS, extant remains, dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement

Tel Be'er Sheva is an archeological site in southern Israel that is believed to be the location of the remains of the biblical town of Beersheba.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687846

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.2451641596, 34.8407967874

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Tel Be'er Sheva (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of תל באר שבע (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- באר שבע (Be'er Sheva: Ancient Hebrew, 1200 BC - 550 BC)
- Beer Sheva (30 BC - AD 640)
- Berosaba (30 BC - AD 640)
- Bersabe (30 BC - AD 640)
- Tel Be’ér Sheva‘ (Tel Be'er Sheva: English, modern)
- תל באר שבע (Tel Be'er Sheva: Modern Hebrew)

Beer Sheva/Berosaba makes connections with:

None

Beer Sheva/Berosaba receives connections from:

Untitled connection Beer Sheva/Berosaba (unspecified date range)
Wadi Zoumayli Site located near Beer Sheva/Berosaba (6200 BC - 3750 BC)

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 F3 Beer Sheva/Berosaba

Details:

Beer Sheva/Berosaba was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005, counted among the "Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba". The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bir es Saba

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Suggested citation:
B. Isaac, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Noah Kaye, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Beer Sheva/Berosaba: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687846> [accessed: 20 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687846 |title=Places: 687846 (Beer Sheva/Berosaba) |author=Isaac, B. |accessdate=April 20, 2024 3:43 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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