entity · site_dhiban
Dhiban / Dibon
Also known as: Dibon
Moab plateau centre and findspot of the Mesha Stele.
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–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology — Bruce Routledge (2004)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: Dhiban and Moabite polity synthesis
Research description
Moab plateau centre and findspot of the Mesha Stele. The site point in this release is a representative locator, not a settlement footprint or territorial claim.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology — Bruce Routledge (2004)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: Dhiban and Moabite polity synthesis
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_dhiban · geography assertion
- Moab plateau · entity