 The early Bronze Age gate of Bab edh-Dhra overlooking the southern end of the Dead Sea | |
  Shown within Jordan | |
| Location | Jordan |
|---|---|
| Region | Ghawr Almazra'a Sub-District |
| Coordinates | 31°15′11″N 35°32′15″E / 31.253092°N 35.537514°E[clarification needed] |
| Type | Archaeological site |
| History | |
| Cultures | Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age |
Bab edh-Dhra (Bâb edh-DhrâʿArabic: باب الذراع) is the site of an Early Bronze Age city located near the Dead Sea, on the south bank of Wadi Kerak with dates in the EB IB, EB II, EB III and EB IVA.[1] Bab edh-Dhra was discovered in 1924 on an expedition led by William F. Albright.[2]
- ^ James M. Weinstein, "A New Set of Radiocarbon Dates from the Town Site", in Bab Edh-Dhraʿ: Excavations at the Town Site: 1975-1981: Part 1 Text, ed. Walter E. Rast and R. Thomas Schaub, vol. 1, 2 vols., Reports of the Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain, Jordan 2 (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2003), 638–48.
- ^ William Foxwell Albright, The Archaeology of Palestine and the Bible, The Richards Lectures Delivered at the University of Virginia (New York, NY: Flavell, 1935), 134–137.