entity · site_gath_tell_es_safi
Gath / Tell es-Safi
Also known as: Tell es-Safi
Large lowland city with extensive Bronze and Iron Age occupation and strong Philistine-period evidence.
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.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Tell es-Safi/Gath: A Major Philistine City — Aren M. Maeir (2018)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: site overview
Research description
Large lowland city with extensive Bronze and Iron Age occupation and strong Philistine-period evidence. The site point in this release is a representative locator, not a settlement footprint or territorial claim.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Tell es-Safi/Gath: A Major Philistine City — Aren M. Maeir (2018)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: site overview
Referenced records
- Shephelah · entity
- Geography assertion for site_gath_tell_es_safi · geography assertion