Gimtu

settlement · 2000 BC – 2100 AD

Gath, Gat, or Geth (Hebrew: גַּת)) is mentioned in the El-Amarna letters as Gimti/Gintu/Gimtu. It was one of the five Philistine city-states. The town is mentioned in Neo-Assyrian sources; the modern site is Tel es-Safī.

Gimtu

Coordinates: 31.70198, 34.84740
Also known as: Tel Tzafit (he), תל צפית‎‎ (he)
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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