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The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land

 


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DAAHL Site Record for Rabbah:

DAAHL SITE #: 353102237
ELEVATION: 964
SITE NAME: Rabbah
LATITUDE: 31.27000
LONGITUDE: 35.73830
NOTES: Elevation from Google Elevation Service.
Alternate Site Names:
MNEMONIC ARTICLE SITE NAME
AREOPOLIS
RABBAH
RABBAT MOBA

Site Components:
PERIOD FEATURE TYPE SIZE (ha) DESCRIPTION
Unspecified Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Unspecified Fortified Settlement / Structure 0
Unspecified Cistern 0
Unspecified Birket / Water Reservoir / Vaulted Pool
EB Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
MB Sherd / Flint Scatter (Uncertain Presence) 0
LB Sherd / Flint Scatter (Uncertain Presence) 0
Iron Age Fortified Settlement / Structure 0
Iron Age Tower 0
Iron I Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Iron IIa/b Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Iron IIc Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Persian (Iron III) Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Hellenistic Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Nabatean Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Early Nabatean Fortified Settlement / Structure 0
Late Nabatean Temple / Shrine 0
Late Nabatean Birket / Water Reservoir / Vaulted Pool 0
Early Roman Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Early Roman Fortified Settlement / Structure
Early Roman Temple / Shrine
Early Roman Road / Street / Path 0
Late Roman Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Late Roman Temple / Shrine
Late Roman Other or Unspecified Inscription 0
Early Byzantine Fortified Settlement / Structure 0
Early Byzantine Church / Chapel
Late Byzantine Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Late Byzantine Church / Chapel 0
Late Byzantine Greek Inscription 0
Umayyad Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Umayyad Fortified Settlement / Structure
Abbasid Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Abbasid/Fatimid Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Fatimid Sherd / Flint Scatter (Uncertain Presence) 0
Ayubid Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Ayubid/Mamluk Sherd / Flint Scatter 0
Late Ottoman Sherd / Flint Scatter

Condition Report: 1992-12-20
OVERALL CONDITION: Poor
OVERALL RATING: Excavation Imperative: High priority
CUMULATIVE RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
SEVERITY OF RISK: Unknown
NOTES: cana;ization structure instulled in the forecourt./ temple
DATE VISITED: 1992-12-20
DATE ENTERED: 1992-12-20
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: Little or no damage
THREAT: Erosion - General
THREAT SEVERITY: Significant damage
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: Road Work
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown
DISTURBANCE: Construction
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown
DISTURBANCE: Modern Houses
RISK: Unknown / Not Noted
TIMING: Unknown

 
References:
REFERENCE: BLISS F.J.1895a
TITLE: Narrative of an Expedition to Moab and Gilead in March, 1895
SERIAL NAME: PEFQS 27,p.203-235,17 figs.
REFERENCE: BRUENNOW R. & VON DOMASZEWSKI A.1904
TITLE: Die Provincia Arabia auf Grund Zweier in den Jahren 1897 und 1898 unternommenen Reisen und der Berichte fruherer Reisender, 3 vols. , Strassburg.
REFERENCE: DE SAULCY L.F.1853
TITLE: Voyage autour de la Mer Morte et dans les terres bibliques, execute de Decembre 1850 a Avril 1851, 2 vols. & atlas , Paris.
REFERENCE: GLUECK N.1933a
TITLE: Explorations in Eastern Palestine I , Philadelphia. (ASOR 14 =EEP 1)
REFERENCE: IRBY C.L. & MANGLES J.1823
TITLE: Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria and the Holy Land during the Years 1817 and 1818 , London.
REFERENCE: MILLER J.M.1979a
TITLE: Archaeological Survey South of Wadi Mujib : Glueck's Sites revisited
SERIAL NAME: ADAJ 23,p.79-92,1 map.
REFERENCE: MUSIL A.1908
TITLE: Arabia Petraea. I: Moab, II: Edom. Topographischer Reisebericht, Wien.
REFERENCE: PICCIRILLO M.1984
TITLE: The Umayyad Churches of Jordan
SERIAL NAME: ADAJ 28,p.333-342.
REFERENCE: RATTI L.1984
TITLE: Eglises locales de la province Palestina Tertia
SERIAL NAME: Le Monde de la Bible 35,p.38-46,figs.69-74.
REFERENCE: SEETZEN U.J.1859
TITLE: Reisen durch Syrien, Palastina, Phonicien, die Transjordan-Lander, Arabia Petraea und Unter-Aegypten , Berlin.
REFERENCE: SPIJKERMAN A.1978
TITLE: The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia , Jerusalem.
REFERENCE: SPIJKERMAN A.1984
TITLE: Unknown Coins of Rabbath Moab - Areopolis
SERIAL NAME: LA 34,p.347-352,pl.50.
REFERENCE: TRISTRAM H.B.1873
TITLE: The Land of Moab. Travels and Discoveries on the East Side of the Dead Sea and the Jordan , London.
REFERENCE: ZAYADINE F.1971c
TITLE: Un seisme a Rabbat Moab (Jordanie) d'apres une inscription grecque du VIe s.
SERIAL NAME: Berytus 20,p.139-141,1 pl.