Site details

Tell el-Rataba

PK	C6407
TITLE	Tell el–Rataba
WGS84	30.5483° N, 31.964121° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	30.5483, 31.964121
LON/LAT	31.964121, 30.5483

DMS

30° 32' 53.88" N

31° 57' 50.8356" E

W3W	foghorns, refillable, remaining
UTM	36 R, 400643, 3380001
EGSA87	1264910, 3406388

Elevation m	11
Elevation feet	36.1
Region	Egypt

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 528    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 528, 'EARLIEST: LHIII'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 528, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 528, 'LHIIIB: Yes'

NOTE

1. Position taken from online survey: The Archaeological Sites of Lower Egypt; Resources of the Egypt Exploration Society Delta Survey. They provide a .kmz file of the archaeological sites of the Delta. Their main page is here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., ''235 Tell el-Rataba'', pg. 528. Online here.