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geography assertion · geo_site_gath_tell_es_safi

Geography assertion for site_gath_tell_es_safi

Also known as: Tell es-Safi

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
1600

valid to

era
BCE
year
800

explanation

The point marks the archaeological site or tell conventionally identified as Gath / Tell es-Safi. 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
    Tell es-Safi/Gath: A Major Philistine City — Aren M. Maeir (2018)

    Supports identification and archaeological location of Gath / Tell es-Safi; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.


    Locator: site overview
  • 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 Gath / Tell es-Safi; representative point cross-check, accessed 2026-08-12

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