Bronze AgeWorld atlas

geography assertion · geo_site_deir_alla

Geography assertion for site_deir_alla

Also known as: Tell Deir ʿAlla

Evidence confidence: moderate
Awaiting expert reviewSouthern Levant and biblical-period peoples research expansion
Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.

Geography and uncertainty

geometry type

site_point

coordinate status

source_checked_representative_point

coordinate confidence

moderate

reconstruction method

Representative point transcribed from published site location and cross-checked against the Pleiades scholarly gazetteer where available; rounded to four decimal places.

valid from

era
BCE
year
1200

valid to

era
BCE
year
700

explanation

The point marks the archaeological site or tell conventionally identified as Deir Alla. It does not represent the settlement footprint, municipal boundary, or ancient territory.

uncertainty warning

The point is a map locator. Ancient occupation may cover a larger mound, lower city, harbour, cemetery, or dispersed landscape, and contested identifications remain source-dependent.

Evidence and sources

  • informs · locates
    Aramaic Texts from Deir ‘Alla — Jacob Hoftijzer, Gerrit van der Kooij (1976)

    Supports identification and archaeological location of Deir Alla; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.


    Locator: excavation context and plaster-text edition
  • informs · locates
    Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa Consortium

    Provides an independent ancient-place orientation where a corresponding or nearby place record is available; coordinates are rounded to four decimal places.


    Locator: Gazetteer search/place record for Deir Alla; representative point cross-check, accessed 2026-08-12

Where to go next

Compare the four citiesExplore causes and counter-evidenceExplain a term or date

Referenced records