Tamra, Jezreel Valley
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| Coordinates: 32°38′5″N 35°24′8″E / 32.63472°N 35.40222°ECoordinates: 32°38′5″N 35°24′8″E / 32.63472°N 35.40222°E | |
| Grid position | 188/226 PAL |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Gilboa |
| Population (2015) | 1,513 |
Tamra (Arabic: طمرة; Hebrew: טַמְרָה or תַמְרָה) is an Arab village in north-eastern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 1,513.
The name Tamra is dervied from the Arabic to make a pit for storing corn & c.
Remains from the Iron Age I era have been excavated. Remains from the Iron Age II, the Late Persian – Early Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras have been found here.
A village was here in the Byzantine period; tombs and remnants of two churches have been found. In the Byzantine and early Islamic eras, there was an agricultural settlement here.
Remains from the Early Islamic (Umayyad/Abbasid) (including Umayyad glass vessels and Abbasid pottery and a lamp)
Remains dating to the Umayyad era (seventh–eighth centuries CE) have been excavated, together with housing remains dating to the Early Abbasid period (late eighth and early ninth centuries CE).
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