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Joseph's pit (building)

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A pit near Dothan and Bethulia, in which the patriarch Joseph was believed to have been thrown by his brothers

Names

  • Latin: cisterna Ioseph 1

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Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 1 c.1280c.128414th C1864

Sources

  • 1cisterna Ioseph: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), V 5. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Margaret Gaida, “Joseph's pit” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17812.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
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