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Gimtu

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Claudia Horst

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Valeria Vitale, Ryan Horne, Jamie Novotny

Last modified Dec 16, 2020 05:26 AM — History

tags: ANE

Gath, Gat, or Geth (Hebrew: גַּת)) is mentioned in the El-Amarna letters as Gimti/Gintu/Gimtu. It was one of the five Philistine city-states. The town is mentioned in Neo-Assyrian sources; the modern site is Tel es-Safī.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/889522884

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.7019809, 34.8474001

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tel Zafit (2000 BC - 550 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Gimtu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- תל צפית‎‎ (Tel Tzafit: Modern Hebrew)

Gimtu makes connections with:

Gimtu part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)

Gimtu receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, tell

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Related:

GeoNames 293333: Tel Zafit

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Claudia Horst, Jeffrey Becker, Valeria Vitale, Ryan Horne, and Jamie Novotny, 'Gimtu: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/889522884> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/889522884 |title=Places: 889522884 (Gimtu) |author=Horst, C. |accessdate=November 21, 2024 3:20 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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