 Tel Gerisa ("Tel Napoleon") | |
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| Location | Tel Aviv |
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| Coordinates | 32°05′30″N34°48′27″E / 32.09167°N 34.80750°E /32.09167; 34.80750 |
| New Israel Grid | 1820/6667 |
Tel Gerisa (Hebrew:תל גריסה) orTell Jerishe[1] and Tell Jarisha (Arabic), commonly known asTel Napoleon (Hebrew:תל נפוליאון,lit. 'Napoleon's Hill'), as his army camped on it during thesiege of Jaffa, is anarchaeological site inTel Aviv,Israel, on the southern bank of theYarkon River. The Tel measuresc. 40dunams.[2] The main phases of the site are dated to theMiddle and Late Bronze Ages, with a smaller settlement inIron Age I and going into decline inIron Age II (10th century BCE).[1]
Tel Napoleon became part of Tel Aviv on 10 January 1946.[3]
Eliezer Sukenik led the excavations at the site between 1927 and 1951 on behalf of theHebrew University of Jerusalem.[4] TheIsrael Department of Antiquities excavated the site in 1976 (Yigal Yadin and Shulamit Geva).Tel Aviv University's Institute of Archaeology explored the tell between 1981 and 1995 under the direction ofZe'ev Herzog.
The tell is about 500 meters south of the site of the former Arab villageJerisha. The original Bronze and Iron Age name of the settlement is unknown.[1]
It was suggested that "Gerisa has been identified ... with theLevitical city of Gath Rimmon"[1] fromJoshua 19:45, by following the opinion ofBenjamin Mazar. Gath Rimmon is recorded as having been donated to theLevites by thetribe of Dan inJoshua 21:24 and also by thetribe of Manasseh inJoshua 21:25, but in1 Chronicles 6:69 it is said to have been given from the lands of thetribe of Ephraim. However,Anson Rainey was convinced thatGath-rimmon is identical withGittaim and is to be found at or near Ramla.[5]
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32°05′30″N34°48′27″E / 32.09167°N 34.80750°E /32.09167; 34.80750
