Tanninim Site (Israel) (Geographic Name)

Work cat.: 2006022613: Tel Tanninim, 2006: ECIP t.p. (Tel Tanninim) ECIP galley (Tel Tanninim, “Crocodiles Mound,”is the modern Hebrew name of a site known locally in Arabic as Tell el-Melṭ (also Tall al-Malṭ) “Mortar Mound.”It is located in the northern region of the Sharon on the Mediterranean coast (map reference 1410 2161), at the mouth of Nahal Tanninim--- The river discharges into the sea 4.25 km north of Caesarea Maritima.)

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