Teru - Tell (English spelling)

Japanese: テル - てる(英語表記)tell
Teru - Tell (English spelling)

It means "hill" in Arabic. The same goes for the tell in Tel Aviv, Israel; it is not just ruins, but in archaeology, only ruins are of concern. The state of architecture determines the form of the ruins. Wooden houses decay, leaving only foundation stones or post holes, but in sun-dried brick and stone masonry architecture, the materials pile up to cover the foundation of the building, and when construction is repeated on the same land, it becomes a small hill. Such architecture has been carried out in Western Asia since ancient times, and remains as ruins. In archaeology, these hill-like ruins are called tells, tepe, tape, etc., but they are also the names of places where people still live, such as Tel Aviv.

[Masuda Seiichi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アラビア語で「丘」を意味する。イスラエルのテル・アビブTel Avivのテルも同じで、遺跡だけではないが、考古学上では遺跡だけを問題にする。建築のあり方は、その廃墟(はいきょ)の形態を左右する。木造家屋は朽ち果てて、礎石あるいは柱穴を残すだけであるが、日干しれんが建築や石積み建築は、用材がそのまま建築の基礎を覆うように堆積(たいせき)し、同じ地に建築が繰り返されると小高い丘となってゆく。西アジアでは古来そうした建築が営まれ、遺跡として残った。考古学上ではこの丘状の遺跡をテル、テペtepe、タペtapeなどとよぶが、テル・アビブのように現在も人が住む所の地名ともなっている。

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