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The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land

 


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DAAHL Site Record for Dhiban:

DAAHL SITE #: 353100285
ELEVATION: 690
SITE NAME: Dhiban
LATITUDE: 31.50160
LONGITUDE: 35.78380
NOTES: Elevation from Google Elevation Service.

Site Components:
PERIOD FEATURE TYPE SIZE (ha) DESCRIPTION
EB III Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
EB III Other / Unspecified Structure or Wall Foundations 0
EB III Other Type of Tomb
EB IV / MB I / Int. Bronze Stratified Material Culture with No Structures
Iron I Stratified Material Culture with No Structures 0
Iron IIa/b Fortified Settlement / Structure 0
Iron IIa/b Palace 0
Iron IIa/b Temple / Shrine 0
Iron IIa/b Birket / Water Reservoir / Vaulted Pool 0
Iron IIc Fortified Settlement / Structure 0
Iron IIc Stelae 0
Nabatean Fortified Settlement / Structure
Nabatean Temple / Shrine 0
Nabatean Aqueduct or Water Channel 0
Roman Fortress / Fortification 0
Roman Baths / Bathroom 0
Roman Other or Unspecified Inscription 0
Byzantine Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Byzantine Church / Chapel
Byzantine Other Type of Tomb 0
Early Byzantine Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Late Byzantine Village Site (No Fortifications)
Late Byzantine Church / Chapel 0
Umayyad Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Ayubid Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Ayubid/Mamluk Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Mamluk Village Site (No Fortifications) 0
Ottoman Cemetery / Necropolis 0

Condition Report: 1992-02-20
OVERALL CONDITION: Good
OVERALL RATING: Preservation Imperative
CUMULATIVE RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
SEVERITY OF RISK: Unknown
NOTES: Coins (Roman-Turkish); Basalt inscribed stele (Mesha stele) found in 1868, now in the Louvre in Paris.
DATE VISITED: 1992-02-20
ENTERED BY: QF
DATE ENTERED: 1992-02-20
Threats in this Condition Report:
THREAT: Road or Highway (construction)
THREAT SEVERITY: Severe damage or total loss
THREAT: Quarrying
THREAT SEVERITY: Little or no damage
THREAT: Cultivation
THREAT SEVERITY: Significant damage
THREAT: Erosion - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Severe damage or total loss
THREAT: Construction - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Severe damage or total loss
THREAT: Water Control Facility / Structure (operation)
THREAT SEVERITY: Little or no damage
THREAT: Other Development
THREAT SEVERITY: Severe damage or total loss
THREAT: Other Human Impacts - Other
THREAT SEVERITY: Little or no damage

Disturbances in this Condition Report:
DISTURBANCE: Archaeological Excavation
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown
DISTURBANCE: Erosion
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown
DISTURBANCE: Modern Tombs/Cemetery
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown

 
References:
REFERENCE: FREEDMAN D.N.1964
TITLE: A Second Mesha Inscription
SERIAL NAME: BASOR 175,p.50-51.
REFERENCE: HARDING G.L.1953c
TITLE: Excavations in Jordan, 1951-1952: Dhiban
SERIAL NAME: ADAJ 2,p.86-87.
REFERENCE: REED W.L. & WINNETT F.V.1963
TITLE: A Fragment of an Early Moabite Inscription from Kerak
SERIAL NAME: BASOR 172,p.1-9,figs.1-2.
REFERENCE: SAUER J.A.1975
TITLE: Book Review : " The Excavations at Dibon (Dhiban) in Moab: the Third Campaing 1952-1953" by A.D.Tushingham, AASOR 40, Cambridge: American School of Oriental Research, 1972
SERIAL NAME: ADAJ 20,pp.103-109.
REFERENCE: SAUER J.A.1979f
TITLE: Major Iron Age Sturcture at Dhiban
SERIAL NAME: BA 42,p.72.
REFERENCE: TUSHINGHAM A.D.1954
TITLE: Excavations at Dibon in Moab, 1952-53.
SERIAL NAME: BASOR 133,p.6-26,figs.1-10.
REFERENCE: TUSHINGHAM A.D.1955
TITLE: An Inscription of the Roman Imperial Period from Dhiban
SERIAL NAME: BASOR 138,p.29-34,1 fig.
REFERENCE: TUSHINGHAM A.D.1972b
TITLE: Three Byzantine Tombstones from Dhiban, Jordan = WEVERS & REDFORD eds.,p.29-33,figs.1-3.
REFERENCE: WINNETT F.V. & REED W.L.1964
TITLE: The Excavations at Dibon (Dhiban) in Moab I: The First Campaign, 1950-1951 II: The Second Campaign, 1952 , New Haven. (= AASOR36-37)