Tel Socoh

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Tel Socoh is an archaeological mound in Israel’s Shephelah region, identified with an ancient biblical town that once guarded a key route between the Judean highlands and the coastal plain.

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Label Occurrences
Tel Socoh canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient settlement ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
tell ⓘ
archaeologicalFinds architectural remains ⓘ
fortification remains ⓘ
pottery sherds ⓘ
biblicalTribeTerritory Tribe of Judah ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
elevation approximately 400 metres above sea level ⓘ
excavationType survey ⓘ
trial excavation ⓘ
functionInAntiquity fortified town ⓘ
road station ⓘ
guardedRoute approach to Bethlehem and Jerusalem ⓘ
road from Philistine plain to Judean highlands ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceFromPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Early Islamic period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Iron Age II ⓘ
Persian period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
heritageType cultural heritage site ⓘ
identifiedWith biblical Socoh (Soco) ⓘ
locatedIn Judean foothills ⓘ
linked to: Shephelah

Shephelah ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Central District, Israel ⓘ
locatedNear Highway 38 (Israel) ⓘ
Moshav Nes Harim ⓘ
Valley of Elah ⓘ
mentionedIn 1 Samuel 17:1 ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
modernNameVariant Tel Socho ⓘ
linked to: Tel Lod

Tel Sokho ⓘ
nearbyBiblicalSites Khirbet Qeiyafa ⓘ
Tel Azekah ⓘ
Tel Qeiyafa ⓘ
overlooks Valley of Elah battlefield area ⓘ
linked to: Valley of Elah

route between Judean highlands and coastal plain ⓘ
partOf biblical Shephelah region ⓘ
regionInAntiquity Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
strategicRole guarded access route from coastal plain to Jerusalem region ⓘ
terrain limestone hill ⓘ
topography prominent hill ⓘ
viewOf Judean highlands ⓘ
linked to: Judean Mountains

coastal plain of Israel ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Shfela → contains → Tel Socoh ⓘ
subject linked to: Shfela (Judean lowlands)