Tell Umm Amer

monastery · undated

The archaeological site of Tell Umm Amer in the Gaza Strip is included on the Madaba Map under the name "Tabatha". The site was the birthplace in 291 CE of Saint Hilarion who founded an eponymous monastery there. The monastery was destroyed in 614.

Coordinates

31.44731, 34.36640

Also known as

Tell Umm el-ʿAmr (en), Tell Umm el-ʿAmr (en)

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)

See Tell Umm Amer on the map →