Tel Jatt

settlement · 3300 BC – 2100 AD

A site between the Sharon Plain and the Samarian Hills on which the modern town of Jatt is built. The site contains numerous Bronze Age burials and signs of habitation as late as the Bronze Age. The site has been proposed as a possible location for the town of Ginti-kirmil mentioned in the Amarna letters.

Coordinates
32.97396, 35.23055
Also known as
Gin<sub>8</sub>-ti-ki-ir-mi-il<sup>KI</sup> (akk), Ginti-Kirmil (akk), Jatt (he), ג‘ת (he)
Dating
attested

Sources

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Tel Jatt — Ancient Maps