Site details

Kom el-Rabi`a

PK	C6380
TITLE	Kom el–Rabi‘a
WGS84	29.849011° N, 31.252825° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	29.849011, 31.252825
LON/LAT	31.252825, 29.849011

DMS

29° 50' 56.4396" N

31° 15' 10.17" E

W3W	models, resting, overjoyed
UTM	36 R, 331221, 3303336
EGSA87	1201375, 3323938

Elevation m	21
Elevation feet	68.9
Region	Egypt

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 530    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'
2.    Sherds.   Petrie [1909], 15    'A scrap of Mykenaean vase, about 1400 B.C. (fig. 4).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 530, 'EARLIEST: LMI/LHIIA'

2. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 530, 'EARLIEST: LMI/LHIIA'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Petrie [1909]: 15, ' ..., about 1400 B.C. (fig. 4).'

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 530, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

NOTES

1. For a picture of this sherd see Petrie [1909] plate XXII, no. 4. https://archive.org/details/palaceofapriesme00petr/page/n81

2. Petrie [1909] 15 says about the location: ' ... on and around the temple of Merenptah ... '

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Petrie [1909]: Flinders Petrie, William Matthew. The Palace of Apries (Memphis II), School of Archaeology in Egypt. University College, Gower Street, W.C. London. 1909, 'Chapter VI; The Small Objects', pg. 15. Online here.

2. van Wijngaarden [1999]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery outside Greece; Contexts of LHI - LHIIIB finds in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy. Amsterdam. 1999., ''246 Memphis (Kom Rabi’a'', pg. 530. Online here.