entity · site_deir_alla
Deir Alla
Also known as: Tell Deir ʿAlla
Jordan Valley settlement and findspot of fragmentary plaster texts naming Balaam son of Beor.
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.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1200 BCE–700 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Aramaic Texts from Deir ‘Alla — Jacob Hoftijzer, Gerrit van der Kooij (1976)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: excavation context and plaster-text edition
Research description
Jordan Valley settlement and findspot of fragmentary plaster texts naming Balaam son of Beor. The site point in this release is a representative locator, not a settlement footprint or territorial claim.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Aramaic Texts from Deir ‘Alla — Jacob Hoftijzer, Gerrit van der Kooij (1976)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: excavation context and plaster-text edition
Referenced records
- Jordan Valley · entity
- Geography assertion for site_deir_alla · geography assertion