 Another name for Dibon was Karchoh, and there is the possibility that in the 9th century the name Dibon referred to a tribe of which Mesha was the leader, and that the name Dibon was attached to the town later (see van der Steen and Smelik 2007)

There has been little evidence recovered from the site for the Persian, Hellenistic, and early Nabataean periods.But several lines of evidence indicate that Dhiban became part of the Nabataean empire in the mid-1st century BCE.These include Nabataean-style ceramics, coins, and architecture (such as a temple with a Nabataean-like layout, Nabataean masonry, and aqueduct, retaining wall, and monumental stairway).