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.

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Label Occurrences
Tel Azekah canonical 4
Tel ‘Azeqa 1

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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

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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