Tel Zayit
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Tel Zayit is an archaeological mound in Israel’s Shephelah region, known for discoveries such as the Tel Zayit Abecedary that shed light on early Hebrew writing and Iron Age settlement.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient settlement
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archaeological site ⓘ tell ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStratum |
Iron Age occupation levels
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earlier Bronze Age remains ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
development of local administrative centers in the Iron Age
ⓘ
early Judahite territorial expansion ⓘ |
| chronologicalImportance | provides early date for alphabetic writing in the region ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
ancient Israelite culture
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southern Canaanite cultural sphere ⓘ |
| discipline |
Syro-Palestinian archaeology
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biblical archaeology ⓘ |
| functionInAntiquity |
local defensive outpost
ⓘ
rural settlement ⓘ |
| hasDiscovery | Tel Zayit Abecedary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
agricultural activity
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domestic architecture ⓘ early Hebrew writing ⓘ early alphabetic script ⓘ fortification architecture ⓘ |
| hasFind |
architectural remains such as walls and rooms
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inscribed stone bearing an alphabetic sequence ⓘ pottery assemblages from the Iron Age ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Iron Age settlement remains
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Tel Zayit Abecedary NERFINISHED ⓘ evidence for early alphabetic writing ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Judean foothills
NERFINISHED
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Shephelah NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Lachish region
NERFINISHED
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other Iron Age sites in the Shephelah ⓘ |
| period |
Iron Age I
ⓘ
Iron Age II ⓘ |
| region | lowland region between the Judean highlands and the coastal plain ⓘ |
| relevanceToBiblicalStudies | used in discussions of early Israelite state formation ⓘ |
| relevanceToEpigraphy | key site for early alphabetic epigraphy in the southern Levant ⓘ |
| researchTopic |
origins of Hebrew literacy
ⓘ
rural settlement and fortification in the Iron Age Levant ⓘ transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age in the Shephelah ⓘ |
| significance |
contributes to understanding of literacy in the early Iron Age Levant
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helps reconstruct settlement patterns in the Shephelah during the Iron Age ⓘ important for the study of the development of the Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| terrain | low hill (mound) in a rural landscape ⓘ |
| typeOfWritingFound | alphabetic inscription ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shfela