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ID: 5003214
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/5003214

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Araq El-Emir (inhabited place)  Araq El-Emir (inhabited place)

Note: Located west of Amman; now partially inhabited; site of many ruins identified with fortress of Tyrus, capital of the land of the Tobiads, built in 2nd century BCE; many occupation levels are represented including Chalcolithic period, Early Bronze Age, and Iron Age.

Names:
Araq El-Emir (preferred,C,V)
Tyrus (H,V)  ............ based on inscriptions at a tomb here, it is believed that Tyrus possibly was on this site
Tyros (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Urdun (nation)  ........  Al Urdun (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Al ‘Āṣimah (governorate)  ............  Al ‘Āṣimah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Araq El-Emir (inhabited place)  ................  Araq El-Emir (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  on the site of an ancient settlement
village (C)
archaeological site (C)
Chalcolithic (Copper Age) (H)
Early Bronze Age (H)
Iron Age (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Araq El-Emir..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.......................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 82-83
Tyros..........  [VP]
..............  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Tyrus..........  [VP]
..............  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 82-83
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 82-83
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)

 

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