Dhiban

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Dhiban is an archaeological site and modern town in Jordan, historically significant as the ancient Moabite city of Dibon.

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Dhiban canonical 3
Dhiban (Dibon) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
town
archaeologicalResearchFocus Moabite state formation
urbanism in central Transjordan
associatedWithPeople Moabites
biblicalBook Book of Isaiah
Book of Jeremiah
Book of Numbers
continuityOfOccupation from at least the Iron Age to the present
country Jordan
culturalHeritageStatus important archaeological heritage site in Jordan
elevation approximately 700 meters above sea level
excavatedBy American Center of Research
Dhiban Excavation and Development Project
governedBy Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
linked to: Jordan (country)
hasArchaeologicalFeature city walls
domestic architecture
fortifications
tombs
water systems
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Byzantine period
Early Islamic period
Hellenistic period
Iron Age
Medieval period
Moabite period
Nabataean period
linked to: Nabataean

Ottoman period
Roman period
hasNearbyFind Mesha Stele
historicalName Dibon
historicalRegion Moab
identifiedAs ancient city of Dibon
languageOfInscriptionNearby Moabite language
locatedIn Madaba Governorate
Transjordan
central Jordan
locatedNear Dead Sea
Wadi al-Mujib
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
modernFunction administrative center for surrounding rural area
modernPopulation several thousand inhabitants
nearbySite Karak
Madaba
primaryReligionModernTown Islam
region Balqa Plateau
timeZone UTC+2
timeZoneDST UTC+3
writingSystemAncient Northwest Semitic alphabet

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

Madaba Governorate hasTown Dhiban
Dhiban, Jordan hasAncientName Dhiban (Dibon)
linked to: Dhiban