Tell el-Ful

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Tell el-Ful is an archaeological mound north of Jerusalem, often identified with the ancient Israelite town of Gibeah and known for remains spanning multiple historical periods.

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Tell el-Ful canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient mound ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithBiblicalFigure King Saul ⓘ
associatedWithBiblicalTribe Tribe of Benjamin ⓘ
constructionOfModernStructureBegan 1960s ⓘ
country State of Palestine ⓘ
currentCondition partially excavated ruin ⓘ
elevation approximately 840 metres above sea level ⓘ
excavatedBy P. W. Lapp ⓘ
William F. Albright ⓘ
excavationStartYear 1922 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Jebel Tell el-Ful ⓘ
Tell el-Ful (Gibeah) ⓘ
linked to: Gibeah
hasArchaeologicalFeature city wall remains ⓘ
fortress remains ⓘ
pottery sherds ⓘ
rock-cut installations ⓘ
tower foundations ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFinding Byzantine pottery ⓘ
Hellenistic pottery ⓘ
Iron Age pottery ⓘ
Islamic-period ceramics ⓘ
Roman pottery ⓘ
architectural remains ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
Islamic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
modern period ⓘ
hasModernStructure unfinished palace of King Hussein of Jordan ⓘ
hasNearbyRoad Jerusalem–Ramallah road ⓘ
identifiedWith Gibeah ⓘ
Gibeah of Saul ⓘ
linked to: Gibeah
locatedIn Jerusalem Governorate ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Jerusalem ⓘ
mentionedIn biblical scholarship on Gibeah ⓘ
modernStructureStatus abandoned ⓘ
nearSettlement Beit Hanina ⓘ
Shuafat ⓘ
overlooks Jerusalem ⓘ
region central hill country of Palestine ⓘ
strategicLocation hilltop commanding approaches to Jerusalem from the north ⓘ
subjectOf archaeological debates about identification with Gibeah ⓘ
topography conspicuous conical hill ⓘ
usedFor archaeological research ⓘ
visibleFrom main northern approaches to Jerusalem ⓘ

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

Gibeah → possibleModernSite → Tell el-Ful ⓘ