Tell Ashtara

Tell Ashtara
تل عشترة
Tell Ashtara is located in Syria
Tell Ashtara
Shown within Syria
Alternative nameAštartu, Ashtaroth
Location4 km (2.5 mi) from Al-Shaykh Saad, Syria
RegionBashan (modern Hauran)
Coordinates32°48′16″N 36°00′56″E / 32.8045°N 36.0155°E / 32.8045; 36.0155
TypeSettlement
Area7 ha (17 acres)
Site notes
Excavation dates1966-1967
ArchaeologistsAli Abu Assaf
ConditionRuins
ManagementDirectorate-General of Antiquities and Museums
Public accessYes

Tell Ashtara (Arabic: تل عشترة) is an archaeological mound south of Damascus. The Bronze Age city that once stood here may have been mentioned in the Amarna letters correspondence of 1350 BC as Aštartu, and is usually identified with the Biblical city of Ashtaroth.[1]

  1. ^ Robinson, George L. "The Ancient ‘Circuit of Argob.’" The Biblical World, vol. 20, no. 4, 1902, pp. 248–59