Tell el-Kheleifeh

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Tell el-Kheleifeh (also Tell el-Chulefi ) is an archaeological site on the Gulf of Aqaba , halfway between modern Eilat and Aqaba .

During his excavations in 1933, the researcher Fritz Frank believed the ruins to be the biblical Ezion donor . During his excavations from 1938 to 1940 the archaeologist Nelson Glueck adopted this thesis. He distinguished five settlement periods, which he between the 10th and 5th centuries BC. Dated.

In 1985, Gary Pratico presented a comprehensive reassessment of the architectural and ceramic finds. In the case of ceramics in particular, he came to a shorter dating of the settlement through comparative studies with numerous other sites from Israel and Jordan. According to his results, a two-phase colonization can be assumed. It is a fortress from the 8th century BC. And subsequently a fortified settlement that lasted until the 6th century BC. Existed. The equation with the biblical Ezion Gezer of the 10th century can therefore not be proven.

literature

  • Nelson Glueck : The First Campaign at Tell el-Kheleifeh (Ezion-Geber) . In: Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. (1938) 71, pp. 3-17.
  • Nelson Glueck: The Second Campaign at Tell el-Kheleifeh (Ezion-Geber: Elath) . In: Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research . (1939) 75, pp. 8-22.
  • Nelson Glueck: The Third Season of Excavation at Tell el-Kheleifeh . In: Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research . (1940) 79, pp. 2-18.
  • Nelson Glueck: Tell el-Kheleifeh . In: Michael Avi-Yonah , E. Stern (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land . The Israel Exploration Society and Massada Press, Jerusalem 1977, pp. 713-17.
  • Gary D. Pratico: Nelson Glueck's 1938–1940 Excavations at Tell el-Kheleifeh: A Reappraisal. In: Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. Vol. 259, 1985, ISSN  0003-097X , pp. 1-32. online (without pictures)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Frank: From the `Arabah, I: Tell el-ChleTi . In: Journal of the German Palestine Association (1934) 57, pp. 243–45.

Coordinates: 29 ° 32 ′ 53 "  N , 34 ° 58 ′ 36.3"  E