SITE ReportMay 22, 2025
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Primary Site name: MAHATTA
Other Site Names: المحطه, SHEIKH JAYIL, DANABA?, BETH PEOR?, JADIS: 2113010
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Governorate:
AMMAN
Sub-governorate:
Hesban
MEGA Number:
10276
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Site Map:
Coordinates
(Long Lat):
35.7236 31.79833, 35.72349 31.79805, 35.72334 31.7978, 35.72234 31.79769, 35.72171 31.79761, 35.72116 31.79785, 35.72113 31.79828, 35.72149 31.79889, 35.722 31.79934, 35.72301 31.79936, 35.72329 31.79919, 35.72346 31.79867, 35.72348 31.79854, 35.7236 31.79833
Total Area (m²):
34993.7;
Perimeter (m):
699.1
Buffer Zone (m):
0
Period(s) Recorded for Site:
| 9032 (Iron Age IIa-b); 9033 (Iron Age IIc); 9035 (Iron Age, Unspecified); 9039 (Hellenistic, Unspecified); 9046 (Roman, Unspecified); 9049 (Byzantine, Unspecified); 9054 (Islamic, Mamluk); 9999 (Unspecified/Unknown Period) |
DoA Office Responsible:
| Department of Antiquities, Amman |
Site Investigators:
Investigator(s):
Ali Khayyat, DoA; Abdallah Bawareed, DoA; Khaled Hawawrah, DoA
Investigation Date:
None
Site Comments:
[e.g., accuracy of coordinates; directions to Site]
Site Significance:
| Scientific Value | |
| Historical Value | |
| Aesthetic Value | |
| Social Value | |
| Spiritual Value |
Surveys:
Record History:
Last Modified By
Samar Habahbeh
Last Modified On
March 27, 2012
Record Created By
ORIGINAL IMPORT
Record Created On
July 1, 2010
Record Review Status:
Status:
Under Review
Reviewer:
None
Review Date:
None
Comments:
The following 10 site element(s) have been recognized at this site:
| MEGA Number | Element Type | Period(s) Recorded for Site Element: |
| 45579 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period |
| 45580 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9046 Roman, Unspecified |
| 45581 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9049 Byzantine, Unspecified |
| 45582 | 821 Road | 9046 Roman, Unspecified |
| 45583 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9032 Iron Age IIa-b |
| 45584 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9054 Islamic, Mamluk |
| 45585 | 506 Fortress | 9999 Unspecified/Unknown Period |
| 45586 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9039 Hellenistic, Unspecified |
| 45587 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9035 Iron Age, Unspecified |
| 45588 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9033 Iron Age IIc |
Site References:
| Primary Author | Date | Title |
| ABEL F.-M. | 1938 | Geographie de la Palestine. II: Geographie politique. Les villes, Paris. |
| AVI-YONAH M. | 1976 | Gazeteer of Roman Palestine , Jerusalem. (= Qedem 5) |
| MITTMANN S. | 1971 | Danaba |
| MUSIL A. | 1908 | Arabia Petraea. I: Moab, II: Edom. Topographischer Reisebericht, Wien. |
| SMITH G.A. | 1894 | The Historical Geography of the Holy Land , London. |
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