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Tall Nimrin (Tell Nimrin) is an archaeological site in the central Jordan Valley of western Jordan. The mound lies east of the Jordan River and north of the Dead Sea near the outlet of Wadi Nimrin, a major drainage descending from the highlands of Moab into the Jordan Valley. This position placed the settlement at a junction between routes running along the valley floor and routes ascending eastward toward the Transjordanian plateau.

The site is widely identified with the biblical town of Beth-Nimrah. In the Hebrew Bible the town appears in Numbers 32:3 and 32:36 as one of the settlements fortified by the tribe of Gad. Related forms of the name appear elsewhere in the Bible as Nimrah and Nimrim, including the phrase “waters of Nimrim” mentioned in Isaiah 15:6 and Jeremiah 48:34. These references indicate a settlement associated with abundant water sources in the lower Jordan Valley.

Archaeological work at Tall Nimrin has revealed a long occupation sequence extending from the Bronze Age through the Byzantine and early Islamic periods. Excavations have uncovered domestic architecture, agricultural installations, and fortification remains reflecting the role of the settlement within the fertile irrigated landscape of the Jordan Valley.