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Bir Abu Sariya (El ‘Arish (Tell esh-Shari‘a)

PKC6492
TITLEBir Abu Sariya (El ‘Arish (Tell esh–Shari‘a)
WGS84 31.23381° N, 34.083629° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 31.23381, 34.083629
LON/LAT 34.083629, 31.23381

DMS 31° 14' 1.716" N,34° 5' 1.0644" E

W3Wdoggedly, sculpture, multicultural
UTM36 R, 603199, 3456020
EGSA87 1462442, 3499428

Elevation m12
Elevation feet 39.4
RegionLevant





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 526    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'
2.    Pottery.   Stubbings [1951], 94    


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Stubbings [1951]: 94, LH implied. ' ... fragment from the shoulder of a globular stirrup-jar reported to come from El Arish.'

NOTE

1.  This marker was placed by matching Wijngaarden [1999] 526, no. 225 to the site 'Bir Abu Sariyah' in the Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land, which is here: https://daahl.ucsd.edu/DAAHL/

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Stubbings [1951]:  Stubbings, Frank H.. Mycenaean Pottery from the Levant. Cambridge University Press. 1951., ''El Arish.'', pg. 94.

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., ''225 El ’Arish(Tell esh-Shari’a)'', pg. 526. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6492 is at 31.2395° N, 34.08046° E, a straight-line distance of 701.6 m.