Tell er-Rameh

Tell er-Rameh or Tall el-Rama is a small mound in

Tall el-Hammam.^[2]

Etymology

According to Vailhé [fr] and Abel the modern name er-Rameh may have derived from the ancient names of Βηθαραμθα (Betharamtha),^{[citation needed]} which is what Josephus indicates was the name for Livias^[3]^{[dubious – discuss]} Dvorjetski believes that the modern name er-Rameh is derived from Wadi er-Rameh.^[4]^{[failed verification]}

Identification

Regarding the name evolution from biblical Beth-haram through the Roman-period Livias/Julias to Arabic Tell er-Rameh, Nelson Glueck states that:

"the equation of

Beth-haram. . . An examination of the pottery of Tell er-Rameh proves that this identification cannot possibly be correct."^[2]^[5]

Graves & Stripling propose that, while Tell er-Rameh was the commercial and residential centre of Livias, the administrative centre was situated at nearby

Tall el-Hammam.^[2] Tell er-Rameh had no natural water source, and some have argued that it received its water from the hot springs at Tall el-Hammam.^[6]^{[dubious – discuss]} Dvorjetski identified Tell er-Rameh with Livias based on the presence of "pottery or mosaic stone cubes from the Byzantine and early Islamic eras."^[7]

References

ISBN 978-9004156814
. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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S2CID 162399714
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^ Josephus A.J. 18.27; 14.1.4: "Betharamphtha...called it Julias", "Hyrcanus promised [Aretas] those twelve cities..., Medaba, Naballo, Libias..."

^ Dvorjetski (2007), p. 208.

American Schools of Oriental Research
. p. 391.

^ Abel, Félix-Marie (1938). Géographie de la Palestine. I–II. Paris: Gabalda. p. 1:459.

^ Dvorjetski (2007), p. 202.

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. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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Etymology

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