geography assertion · geo_site_kuntillet_ajrud
Geography assertion for site_kuntillet_ajrud
Also known as: Ḥorvat Teman, Kuntillet ʿAjrud
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
- 850
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 720
explanation
The point marks the archaeological site or tell conventionally identified as Kuntillet Ajrud. 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
Kuntillet ‘Ajrud (Ḥorvat Teman): An Iron Age II Religious Site on the Judah-Sinai Border — Zeev Meshel (2012)Supports identification and archaeological location of Kuntillet Ajrud; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.
Locator: final report; site architecture and chronology - 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 Kuntillet Ajrud; representative point cross-check, accessed 2026-08-12
Referenced records
- Sinai and Egyptian frontier · entity
- Kuntillet Ajrud · entity