Tell Balata

E314800
archaeological site tell

Tell Balata is an archaeological mound in the West Bank identified with the ancient Canaanite and Israelite city of Shechem.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tell Balata canonical 1
Tell Balatah 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
tell ⓘ
associatedWithBiblicalFigure Abraham ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ
Joshua ⓘ
associatedWithBiblicalTribe tribe of Ephraim ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Canaanites ⓘ
surface form: Canaanite culture

ancient Israelite culture ⓘ
coordinatesApprox 32.21°N 35.29°E ⓘ
countryClaimedBy State of Palestine ⓘ
excavatedBy American archaeological expeditions ⓘ
Ernst Sellin ⓘ
G. Ernest Wright ⓘ
German archaeological expeditions ⓘ
firstMajorExcavationsStart early 20th century ⓘ
functionedAs Canaanite city-state ⓘ
regional administrative center ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Tel Balata ⓘ
Tell Balata ⓘ
surface form: Tell Balatah
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Iron Age I ⓘ
Iron Age II ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
Middle Bronze Age ⓘ
hasEvidenceOfDestructionLayer Late Bronze Age destruction ⓘ
hasEvidenceOfReoccupation Iron Age settlement ⓘ
hasFeature city gate complex ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
temple precinct ⓘ
water system ⓘ
hasSiteMuseum Tell Balata Archaeological Park ⓘ
hasUNESCOTentativeStatus UNESCO World Heritage tentative list ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage Tentative List (Palestine)
identifiedWith Shechem ⓘ
Shechem ⓘ
surface form: ancient city of Shechem
locatedIn West Bank ⓘ
locatedNear Nablus ⓘ
managedBy Palestinian Department of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
nearModernSettlement Balata refugee camp ⓘ
Balata village ⓘ
onUNESCOTentativeListSince 2012 ⓘ
overlooks ancient north–south trade routes ⓘ
partOf historic region of Samaria ⓘ
region central highlands of Palestine ⓘ
researchFocus urbanism in Bronze and Iron Age Levant ⓘ
strategicLocation at pass between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal ⓘ
underIsraeliOccupationSince 1967 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shechem → archaeologicalSiteName → Tell Balata ⓘ
Tell Balata → hasAlternativeName → Tell Balata ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tell Balatah