Dhiban
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Dhiban is an archaeological site and modern town in Jordan, historically significant as the ancient Moabite city of Dibon.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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town ⓘ |
| archaeologicalResearchFocus |
Moabite state formation
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urbanism in central Transjordan ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Moabites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalBook |
Book of Isaiah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Jeremiah NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuityOfOccupation | from at least the Iron Age to the present ⓘ |
| country | Jordan ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | important archaeological heritage site in Jordan ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 700 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
American Center of Research
NERFINISHED
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Dhiban Excavation and Development Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFeature |
city walls
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domestic architecture ⓘ fortifications ⓘ tombs ⓘ water systems ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalPeriod |
Byzantine period
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Early Islamic period ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Medieval period ⓘ Moabite period NERFINISHED ⓘ Nabataean period NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFind | Mesha Stele NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalName | Dibon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| identifiedAs | ancient city of Dibon ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptionNearby | Moabite language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Madaba Governorate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ central Jordan ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Dead Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wadi al-Mujib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| modernFunction | administrative center for surrounding rural area ⓘ |
| modernPopulation | several thousand inhabitants ⓘ |
| nearbySite |
Karak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madaba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryReligionModernTown | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Balqa Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+2 ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | UTC+3 ⓘ |
| writingSystemAncient | Northwest Semitic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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