SITE ReportApril 25, 2024
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Primary Site name: TELL el KALIFI
Other Site Names: تل الخليفي, Tell el Khalify
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Governorate:
AQABA
Sub-governorate:
Aqaba
MEGA Number:
68220
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Site Map:
Coordinates
(Long Lat):
34.98023 29.54805, 34.98001 29.54728, 34.98022 29.54717, 34.98072 29.54691, 34.98095 29.54729, 34.98098 29.54746, 34.98108 29.54772, 34.98065 29.5479, 34.98023 29.54805
Total Area (m²):
8053.3;
Perimeter (m):
357.1
Buffer Zone (m):
0
Period(s) Recorded for Site:
| 9032 (Iron Age IIa-b); 9033 (Iron Age IIc); 9034 (Iron Age III (Persian)); 9039 (Hellenistic, Unspecified) |
DoA Office Responsible:
| Al- ‘Aqaba Antiquities Office |
Site Investigators:
Investigator(s):
Manal Basioni, DoA; None
Investigation Date:
December 11, 2017
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
Last Modified On
Record Created By
Samar Habahbeh
Record Created On
December 18, 2017
Record Review Status:
Status:
Under Review
Reviewer:
None
Review Date:
None
Comments:
The following 6 site element(s) have been recognized at this site:
| MEGA Number | Element Type | Period(s) Recorded for Site Element: |
| 68221 | 506 Fortress | 9032 Iron Age IIa-b |
| 68222 | 513 Settlement, Fortified | 9033 Iron Age IIc |
| 68223 | 799 Unspecified/Unknown Inscription | 9033 Iron Age IIc |
| 68224 | 513 Settlement, Fortified | 9034 Iron Age III (Persian) |
| 68225 | 702 Inscription, Aramaic | 9034 Iron Age III (Persian) |
| 68226 | 513 Settlement, Fortified | 9039 Hellenistic, Unspecified |
Site References:
| Primary Author | Date | Title |
| ALBRIGHT W.F. | 1938 | (Note on Glueck "The First Campaign at Tell-el Kheleifeh (Ezion-geber)") |
| ALBRIGHT W.F. | 1941 | Ostracon No.6043 from Ezion-Geber |
| AVIGAD N. | 1961 | Jotham Seal from Elath |
| BARTLETT J.R. | 1972 | The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of Edom |
| BONESCHI P. | 1961 | Les monogrammes sud-arabes de la grande jarre de Tell el-Heleyfeh (Ezion-Geber) |
| COHEN S. | 1962 | Ezion-Geber |
| FRANK F. | 1934 | Aus der 'Araba. I. Reiseberichte |
| GLUECK N. | 1965 | Ezion-geber |
| GLUECK N. | 1977 | Kheleifeh, Tell el- |
| GLUECK N. | 1969 | Some Ezion-geber : Elath Iron II Pottery |
| GLUECK N. | 1938 | The First Campaign at Tell el-Kheleifeh (Ezion-Geber) |
| GLUECK N. | 1939 | The Second Campaign at Tell el-Kheleifeh (Ezion-geber : Elath) |
| GLUECK N. | 1967 | Some Edomite Pottery from Tell el-Kheleifeh, Parts I and II |
| HADIDI A. | 1981 | Archaeological Work of the Department of Antiquities |
| MESHEL Z. | 1975 | On the Problem of Tell el-Kheleifeh, Elath, and Ezion-Geber |
| NAVEH J. | 1966 | The Scripts of Two Ostraca from Elath |
| O`REILLY I.E. | 1983 | Near Eastern Archaeology in Historic Photographs |
| PLATT E.E. | 1978 | Bone Pendants |
| PRATICO G. | 1982 | A Reappraisal of Nelson Glueck's Excavations at Tell el-Kheleifeh |
| PRATICO G. | 1982 | Tell el-Kheleifeh 1938-1940 : A Forthcoming Reappraisal |
| RYCKMANS G. | 1939 | Melanges III: Un fragment de jarre avec caracteres mineens a Tell el-Kheleyfeh |
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