Rabbath Ammon

E398844
ancient city former capital city

Rabbath Ammon was the ancient capital of the Ammonite kingdom, located on the site of modern-day Amman in present-day Jordan.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rabbath Ammon canonical 3
Rabbat Ammon 2
Rabbath-Ammon 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Ammonites ⓘ
capitalOf Ammonites ⓘ
surface form: Ammonite kingdom
country Ammonites ⓘ
surface form: Ammonite kingdom
culture Ammonite culture ⓘ
function administrative center of the Ammonites ⓘ
political center of the Ammonites ⓘ
urban settlement ⓘ
geographicalContext east of the Jordan River ⓘ
north of the Dead Sea ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Rabbah of the Ammonites ⓘ
surface form: Rabbah

Rabbah of the Ammonites ⓘ
Rabbath Ammon ⓘ
surface form: Rabbat Ammon
hasArchaeologicalRemainsAt Amman Citadel ⓘ
surface form: citadel hill of Amman
historicalPeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
languageRegion Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
laterName Philadelphia ⓘ
locatedIn modern country of Jordan ⓘ
region of Transjordan ⓘ
locatedInPresentDayRegion Amman Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Greater Amman area
locatedOnSiteOf Amman ⓘ
surface form: city of Amman
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
modernName Amman ⓘ
neighboringPolities Edom ⓘ
Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
Moab ⓘ
partOf Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

ancient Near East ⓘ
presentDayCity Amman ⓘ
presentDayCountry Jordan ⓘ
region Kingdom of Ammon ⓘ
surface form: ancient Kingdom of Ammon

ancient Transjordanian highlands ⓘ
regionCapitalOf Ammon ⓘ
religionRegion West Semitic religions ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled routes between the desert and the Jordan Valley ⓘ
successorSettlement Hellenistic city of Philadelphia (Amman) ⓘ
typeOfSite tell (archaeological mound) ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Amman Citadel → ancientName → Rabbath Ammon ⓘ
Kingdom of Ammon → alsoKnownAs → Rabbath Ammon ⓘ
subject surface form: Rabbah of the Ammonites
this entity surface form: Rabbath-Ammon
Rabbath Ammon → hasAlternativeName → Rabbath Ammon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbat Ammon
Philadelphia → hasFormerName → Rabbath Ammon ⓘ
subject surface form: Philadelphia (ancient Amman)
Philadelphia → hasFormerName → Rabbath Ammon ⓘ
subject surface form: Philadelphia (ancient Amman)
this entity surface form: Rabbat Ammon
Philadelphia → predecessor → Rabbath Ammon ⓘ
subject surface form: Philadelphia (ancient Amman)