Site details

Zawyet al-Amwat

PK	C6425
TITLE	Zawyet al–Amwat
WGS84	28.045926° N, 30.831265° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	28.045926, 30.831265
LON/LAT	30.831265, 28.045926

DMS

28° 2' 45.3336" N

30° 49' 52.554" E

W3W	catapulted, cannelloni, pinball
UTM	36 R, 286826, 3104187
EGSA87	1172125, 3120901

Elevation m	70
Elevation feet	229.7
Region	Egypt

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 531    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'
2.    Pottery.   Stubbings [1951], 93    'A pilgrim flask ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 531, 'EARLIEST: LHIIIA'
    b.    Stubbings [1951]: 93, 'The following are also perhaps of late IIIA date: ... ' This includes the pilgrim flask.

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 531, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

NOTE

1. Like many sites in Egypt Zawyet el-Amwat is extensive. I have placed the marker at the Rock Tombs. For a labelled aerial photograph see Bussmann et al. [2016], p. 39.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Bussmann et al. [2016]: Bussman R., G. Miniaci, A. el-Bakry, E. Tiribilli. ‘The pyramid, town and cemeteries of Zawyet Sultan’, Egyptian Archaeology (48) 38-41. 2016., '', Online here.

2. Stubbings [1951]: Stubbings, Frank H.. Mycenaean Pottery from the Levant. Cambridge University Press. 1951., ''Zawyet el Amwat'', pg. 93.

3. 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., ''254 Zawyet el-Amwat'', pg. 531. Online here.