Kuntillat 'Ajrud

sanctuary · 1200 BC – 2100 AD

A late ninth to early eighth century BC site located in the northeastern part of the Sinai peninsula, the fortress-like Kuntillat ‘Ajrud may have been a sanctuary. Hebrew and Phoenician inscriptions have been identified at the site.

Coordinates

30.19306, 34.42111

Also known as

Kuntillat Jurayyah, Contellet Garaiyeh, Gypsaria, Kuntilla Ajrud, Kuntillet Geraia, Kuntillat Qurayyah, Kuntillat Quriya, Kuntillat Jurayyah, Contellet Garaiyeh, Kuntillat Jurayyah, Kuntillat Qurayyah, Kuntillat Quriya, Kuntillet Geraia (ar), Kuntillet 'Ajrud, Kuntillet Ajrud (ar), كنتلة قرية (ar), كونتيلة عجرود (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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