 Attention then returned again to Tell es-Safi, which is thought to be the location of Gath.In the Madaba map of the 6th century, "Tell es-Ṣāfi" / "Tell el-Ṣāfiyya" occurs under the name "Saphitha" ().The Madaba map identifies a second town, the Philistine Geth (Gath), as being "Gitta, formerly one of the five satrapies [of the Philistines]," a contemporary town South and slightly West of Lydda (Lod) that corresponds with modern Ramla.