Dibon

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Dibon was an ancient Moabite city east of the Dead Sea, known from biblical texts and archaeological remains including the famous Mesha Stele.

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Label Occurrences
Dibon canonical 6

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
ancientNameLanguage Hebrew
Moabite
appearsOn Mesha Stele inscription
linked to: Mesha Stele
archaeologicalEvidence city walls
domestic architecture
inscriptions
water systems
archaeologicalPeriod Iron Age II
Late Bronze Age (possible earlier occupation)
associatedPeople Israelites
Moabites
associatedWith Mesha Stele
biblicalTribeAssociation tribe of Gad
linked to: Tribe of Gad

tribe of Reuben
linked to: Tribe of Reuben
controlClaimedBy King Mesha of Moab
linked to: Mesha
controlContestedBy Kingdom of Israel
country Jordan
culture Moabite culture
deityWorshiped Chemosh
describedAs city of Moab
linked to: Moab

high place of Chemosh
excavatedAt Dhiban archaeological site
excavationLedBy various Jordanian and international teams
knownFrom archaeological remains
biblical texts
languageOfInscriptions Moabite
locatedEastOf Dead Sea
locatedIn Moab
locatedNear modern Dhiban
mentionedIn Book of Isaiah
Book of Jeremiah
Book of Numbers
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
modernCountry Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
linked to: Kingdom of Jordan
nearbyFeature Wadi Mujib region
referencedBy ancient Near Eastern epigraphy scholarship
region Transjordan
religiousSignificance Moabite cult center
roleInText Moabite royal center
fortified city
scriptUsed Phoenician-derived alphabet
timePeriod First Temple period
Iron Age

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Referenced by (6)

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

land of Moab hasCapital Dibon
Moabites capital Dibon
Moabites importantCity Dibon
Moab capital Dibon
Mesha Stele mentionsPlace Dibon
Chemosh hasCultCenter Dibon