geography assertion · geo_site_deir_el_balah
Geography assertion for site_deir_el_balah
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_pointcoordinate status
source_checked_representative_pointcoordinate confidence
moderatereconstruction 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
- 1400
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 1100
explanation
The point marks the archaeological site or tell conventionally identified as Deir el-Balah. 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
The Egyptian Empire in Palestine: A Reassessment — James M. Weinstein (1981)Supports identification and archaeological location of Deir el-Balah; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.
Locator: southern coastal Egyptian material context - informs · locates
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa ConsortiumProvides 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 el-Balah; representative point cross-check, accessed 2026-08-12
Referenced records
- Southern coastal plain and Philistia research zone · entity
- Deir el-Balah · entity