Site details

Arabi-Hillah

PK	C6388
TITLE	Arabi–Hillah
WGS84	23.274144° N, 32.928037° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	23.274144, 32.928037
LON/LAT	32.928037, 23.274144

DMS

23° 16' 26.9184" N

32° 55' 40.9332" E

W3W	promotions, nasal, unlikely
UTM	36Q, 492640, 2573870
EGSA87	1415510, 2601924

Elevation m	178
Elevation feet	584
Region	Egypt

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 534

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 534, 'EARLIEST: LHIIIA'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 534, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

NOTE

1. The former town of Arabi-Hillah is now submerged under the waters of Lake Nasser. Position based on map in Vincentelli and Tiradritti [1986] 333.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Marazzi et al. (eds.) [1984]: Marazzi, M. and S. Tusa, L. Vagnetti. Traffici Micenei nel Mediterraneo; Problemi storici e documentazione archeologica. Atti del Convegno di Palermo (11-12 maggio e 3-6 dicembre 1984). Istituto per la Storia e l'Archeologia della Magna Grecia, Taranto, 1986, '', 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., ''272 Arabi Hillah'', pg. 534. Online here.

3. Vincentelli and Tiradritti [1986]: Vincentelli, I. and F. Tiradritti. ‘La presenza egea in Egitto’, Marazzi et al. (eds.) [1984] pp. 327-334., '', Online here.