SITE ReportMay 14, 2025
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Primary Site name: JAZZIR
Other Site Names: JADIS: 2115017, WS-001, Khirbet Jazzir, خربة جزير
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Governorate:
BALQA
Sub-governorate:
Salt
MEGA Number:
10344
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Site Map:
Coordinates
(Long Lat):
35.73587 32.00565, 35.73603 32.00622, 35.73611 32.00657, 35.73594 32.00686, 35.73538 32.00735, 35.73522 32.00752, 35.73497 32.00765, 35.73414 32.00736, 35.73394 32.00671, 35.7339 32.00627, 35.7342 32.00574, 35.73458 32.00533, 35.73501 32.00517, 35.73554 32.00531, 35.73587 32.00565
Total Area (m²):
40787.9;
Perimeter (m):
746
Buffer Zone (m):
0
Period(s) Recorded for Site:
| 9031 (Iron Age I); 9032 (Iron Age IIa-b); 9033 (Iron Age IIc); 9035 (Iron Age, Unspecified); 9049 (Byzantine, Unspecified); 9055 (Islamic, Unspecified) |
DoA Office Responsible:
| Salt Antiquities Office |
Site Investigators:
Investigator(s):
JADIS IMPORT, DOA; phil. Alexander Ahrens, German Archaeological Institute
Investigation Date:
None
Site Comments:
[e.g., accuracy of coordinates; directions to Site]
| Ca. 8 km.s south of as-Salt, situated on a artificially flattened rock outcrop (to make way for buildings), today surrounded by agricultural fields. |
Site Significance:
| Scientific Value | The site is perhaps the closest undisturbed multi-period site to as-Salt (Tell Gador, albeit heavily overbuilt and therefore not fit for exploration). The site has been proposed to be identified with biblical "Jazer" mentioned numerous times in the Old Testament. The identification, needless to say, remains unproven, albeit a first occupation of the site in the Iron Age is likely (de Vaux 1938; Wright et al. 1989, Site "no. 17"). |
| Historical Value | The site has been proposed to be identified with biblical "Jazer" mentioned numerous times in the Old Testament. The identification, needless to say, remains unproven, albeit a first occupation of the site in the Iron Age is likely. |
| Aesthetic Value | Medium. The specific setting on top of a destinctive rock outcrop has an aesthetic value. The site is diverse from other sites in that it rests on a rock outcrop that has been modified to accomodate housing. The views towards the as-Salt and the Wadi Shu´aib are spectacular. |
| Social Value | |
| Spiritual Value |
Surveys:
Record History:
Last Modified By
Samar Habahbeh
Last Modified On
March 28, 2017
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 4 site element(s) have been recognized at this site:
| MEGA Number | Element Type | Period(s) Recorded for Site Element: |
| 45871 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9031 Iron Age I |
| 45873 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9032 Iron Age IIa-b |
| 45872 | 901 Sherd/Flint Surface Scatter (Unexcavated) | 9033 Iron Age IIc |
| 64918 | 513 Settlement, Fortified | 9035 Iron Age, Unspecified 9049 Byzantine, Unspecified 9055 Islamic, Unspecified |
Site References:
| Primary Author | Date | Title |
| DE VAUX R. | 1938 | Exploration de la region de Salt |
| GLUECK N. | 1939 | Explorations in Eastern Palestine III , New Haven. (AASOR 18-19= EEP 3) |
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