Historical place profile

Ahmadiya

Remains of an ancient village in the Golan that produced Greek and Hebrew Inscriptions probably associated with a synagogue. The site is described by Urman et al. as occupying "two low hills near a group of springs about two kilometers northeast of Qaṣrin."

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:678006
Catalogue ID
pleiades:678006
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
33.000000, 35.700000
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Remains of an ancient village in the Golan that produced Greek and Hebrew Inscriptions probably associated with a synagogue. The site is described by Urman et al. as occupying "two low hills near a group of springs about two kilometers northeast of Qaṣrin."

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 C4 Ahmadiya

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Research path

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