Tell ed-Duweir

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Tell ed-Duweir is an archaeological site in Israel identified with the ancient city of Lachish, known for its rich remains from the Bronze and Iron Ages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tell al-Hiba archaeological site 1
Tell ed-Duweir canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Assyrian siege of Lachish ⓘ
linked to: siege of Lachish
associatedWithRuler Sennacherib ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
destroyedIn 701 BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy David Ussishkin ⓘ
James Leslie Starkey ⓘ
Olga Tufnell ⓘ
Yohanan Aharoni ⓘ
firstMajorExcavationEnd 1938 ⓘ
firstMajorExcavationStart 1932 ⓘ
functionedAs administrative center ⓘ
fortified city ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Tel Lachish ⓘ
linked to: Lachish

Tell ed-Duweir (Lachish) ⓘ
linked to: Lachish
hasArchaeologicalStrata multiple occupation levels from Bronze Age to Byzantine period ⓘ
hasArea approximately 8 hectares ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 31.560 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 34.835 ⓘ
hasFeature city wall fortifications ⓘ
gate shrine ⓘ
water system ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Iron Age I ⓘ
Iron Age II ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
Middle Bronze Age ⓘ
Persian period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
heritageDesignation national park of Israel ⓘ
identifiedWith Lachish ⓘ
laterExcavationsEnd 1994 ⓘ
laterExcavationsStart 1973 ⓘ
locatedIn Shephelah ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Southern District of Israel ⓘ
locatedNear Kiryat Gat ⓘ
mentionedInBook Book of Chronicles ⓘ
linked to: Books of Chronicles

Book of Joshua ⓘ
Book of Kings ⓘ
linked to: Books of Kings
mentionedInSource Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
notableFind Assyrian siege ramp ⓘ
Judean pillar figurines ⓘ
LMLK jar handles ⓘ
Lachish letters ⓘ
linked to: Lachish Letters

city gate complex ⓘ
ostraca ⓘ
palace-fort ⓘ
partOf ancient Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Judah

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Lachish ewer inscription → discoveredAt → Tell ed-Duweir ⓘ
E-ninnu → region → Tell al-Hiba archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Tell ed-Duweir