Tel Tanninim
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Tel Tanninim (Hebrew: תל תנינים, lit. 'Crocodiles Mound'), in Arabic Tell al-Milāt (lit. 'Mortar Mound'),[1] is an ancient tell (archaeological mound) on the shore of the Mediterranean, near the mouth of Nahal Tanninim ('Crocodiles Stream'), in the vicinity of the modern Arab town of Jisr az-Zarka, Israel.[2]
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תל תנינים | |
Alternative name | Tell al-Milāt / Malāt |
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Location | Near Jisr az-Zarka, Israel |
Region | Levant |
Coordinates | 32°32′19″N 34°54′6″E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Material | Kurkar (aeolian quartz sandstone with carbonate cement) |
Abandoned | 1265 |
Periods | Persian, Hellenistic, Byzantine, Umayyad, Crusader, Ottoman |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1979, 1996-1999 |
Archaeologists | Robert R. Stieglitz |
Public access | Yes |
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