# The terminal destruction layer at Gibala-Tell Tweini

> The burned level whose radiocarbon dates fix the fall of Ugarit's dependency, and the closest dated horizon to the fall of Ugarit itself.

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**ART** 0D46591G2AQY·Artifact · object

# The terminal destruction layer at Gibala-Tell Tweini

PhotographCC BY (PLOS ONE's Creative Commons Attribution licence, 2011)Radiocarbon-dated to 1192–1190 BC

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The burned level whose radiocarbon dates fix the fall of Ugarit's dependency, and the closest dated horizon to the fall of Ugarit itself.

Kaniewski et al., 1192. CC BY (PLOS ONE's Creative Commons Attribution licence, 2011)

## Copies 2

**Photo** Kaniewski et al. · commons.wikimedia.org · 2011 · CC BY (PLOS ONE's Creative Commons Attribution licence, 2011)Primary source: [The Sea Peoples, from cuneiform tablets to carbon dating](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D464A1A0V5G/the-sea-peoples-from-cuneiform-tablets-to-carbon-dating)1 step from the original

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## Where it was made

[Gibala-Tell Tweini](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D464FN05ZV4/gibala-tell-tweini) · Archaeological site

## Sources 1

- [The Sea Peoples, from cuneiform tablets to carbon dating](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D464A1A0V5G/the-sea-peoples-from-cuneiform-tablets-to-carbon-dating)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The terminal destruction layer at Gibala-Tell Tweini [Artifact ART0D46591G2AQY]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D46591G2AQY
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**ART** 0D46591G2AQY

Kind

Object

Held by

In situ (Tell Tweini excavation); finds held by the excavators, not checked in this pass

Dated

radiocarbon-dated to 1192–1190 BC

Licence

CC BY (PLOS ONE's Creative Commons Attribution licence, 2011)

Place

[Gibala-Tell Tweini](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D464FN05ZV4/gibala-tell-tweini)

Part of

[Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse)

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