Tel Gerisa () or Tell Jerishe[
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Tel Napoleon became part of Tel Aviv on 10 January 1946.
Excavation history
Eliezer Sukenik led the excavations at the site between 1927 and 1951 on behalf of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[Israel Antiquities Authority Scientific Archive, File SRF66/6] The Israel 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 of Ze'ev Herzog.
Identification
The tell is about 500 meters south of the site of the former Arab village Jerisha. The original Bronze and Iron Age name of the settlement is unknown.[
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It was suggested that "Gerisa has been identified ... with the Levitical city of Gath Rimmon"[ from , by following the opinion of Benjamin Mazar. Gath Rimmon is recorded as having been donated to the Levites by the tribe of Dan in and also by the tribe of Manasseh in , but in it is said to have been given from the lands of the tribe of Ephraim. However, Anson Rainey was convinced that Gath-rimmon is identical with Gittaim and is to be found at or near Ramla.]
Further reading
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Geva, Shulamit 1982, Tell Jerishe: The Sukenik Excavations of the Middle Bronze Age Fortifications, Jerusalem: IES, 1982. Qedem15
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Herzog, Zeev
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1983, IEJ 33 (1983), pp. 121–123.
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1984, IEJ 34 (1984), pp. 55–56.
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1988-1989, HA-ESI 7-8 (1988–1989), pp. 60–62.
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1989–1990, HA-ESI 9 (1989–1990), pp. 51–52.
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Herzog, Zeev and Tsuk, T. 1996, "Tell Gerisa - 1991/1992", HA-ESI 15 (1996), pp. 60–62.
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Rainey, Anson F. 1990, "Tel Gerisa and the Danite Inheritance", in Zeevy, R. (ed.), Israel — People and Land, Eretz Israel Museum Yearbook, 5-6 (23-24) — 5748-9 (1987-9), Tel Aviv: Eretz Israel Museum, 1990, pp. 59–72.
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Golan, Dor
