Tel Azekah

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Tel Azekah is an ancient archaeological mound in central Israel, identified with a biblical city that guarded the approach to the Judean highlands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tel Azekah canonical 4
Tel ‘Azeqa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient mound ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
tell ⓘ
accessibleFor archaeological tourism ⓘ
archaeologicalStratum Iron Age II Judean city ⓘ
Late Bronze Age fortifications ⓘ
associatedWithEmpire Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Assyrian campaign against Judah ⓘ
biblicalIdentification Azekah ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
culture Canaanite ⓘ
Israelite ⓘ
Judean ⓘ
elevation approximately 347 meters above sea level ⓘ
excavatedBy Heidelberg University ⓘ
Tel Aviv University ⓘ
excavationProject Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition ⓘ
excavationStartYear 2010 ⓘ
functionedAs border fortress ⓘ
fortified city ⓘ
governedBy Israel Nature and Parks Authority ⓘ
guarded approach to the Judean highlands ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Tell Zakariya ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Tel ‘Azeqa ⓘ
linked to: Tel Azekah
hasFind ceramic assemblages ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ
gate complex ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
locatedIn central Israel ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Judean foothills ⓘ
locatedInRegion Shephelah ⓘ
locatedNear Elah Valley ⓘ
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
mentionedInBook Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
nearbyCity Beit Shemesh ⓘ
nearbyModernLocality Moshav Zekharia ⓘ
overlooks Valley of Elah ⓘ
partOf Azekah National Park ⓘ
periodOfOccupation Bronze Age ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
Persian period ⓘ
protectedStatus heritage site in Israel ⓘ
researchFocus border dynamics between Philistia and Judah ⓘ
urbanization in the Shephelah ⓘ
strategicRole guarding western approaches to Judah ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Shfela → contains → Tel Azekah ⓘ
subject linked to: Shfela (Judean lowlands)
Tel Socoh → nearbyBiblicalSites → Tel Azekah ⓘ
Tel Azekah → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Tel ‘Azeqa ⓘ
linked to: Tel Azekah