Tell Beit Mirsim

Tell Beit Mirsim is an archaeological site in Israel, on the border between the lowlands of Shfela and Mount Hebron.

The site is of particular importance for the archeology of Israel, since the ceramics in the individual layers were observed particularly well and published quickly.

This pottery corpus has long been considered the standard for archeology in the region.

Gustaf Dalman examined the ruin in the early 20th-century and described what he saw there as installations used in the production of olive oil, a view later corroborated by Israeli archaeologist David Eitam.

Albright identified the ruin with the biblical city Dvir (Debir), or Kiryat Sefer by another name.

A stela from Tell Beit Mirsim
Position of Tell Beit Mirsim among other Bronze and Early Iron Age tells in the area
Excavations at Tell Beit Mirsim in 1926. Excavating the house at east gate