Rishpon
Rishpon (Hebrew: רִשְׁפּוֹן) is a moshav in the Central District of Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Herzliya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 1,458.[1]
Rishpon רִשְׁפּוֹן | |
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  Rishpon | |
| Coordinates: 32°12′6.61″N 34°49′23.62″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hof HaSharon |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Population (2019)[1] | 1,458 |
| Website | www |
The moshav was established in 1936. Its name is an artificial reconstruction of the supposed ancient name of Arsuf, based on a misreading of an Assyrian inscription.[2]
Rishpon 1942 1:20,000
Herzliya 1945 1:250,000
References
- "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- Maciej M. Münnich, The God Resheph in the Ancient Near East (2013), p. 244, citing Shlomo Izre’el, "Arsuf: The Semitic Name of Apollonia" in: Apollonia-Arsuf: Final Report of the Excavations Volume I, The Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology, Monograph Series of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University No. 16, Tel Aviv (1999), 72f. The misreading *rašpūna for kašpūna in an inscription of Tiglath-Pileser III was recognized in 1951.
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