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Mount Tabor

Ancient name
Thabor
Modern name
Har Tavor
Modern country
Israel
Mount Tabor is a large hill in Lower Galilee mentioned in both Old and New Testaments, perhaps most notably as the site of the Transfiguration of Jesus. It appears on only one Sfera map.
Coordinates
32.69, 35.39
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M135

Variant spellings of Mount Tabor in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
Mons tabor Con3
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Mount Tabor.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/mount-tabor/.