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Tell Sera‘ (Tell esh-Shari‘a)
| PK | C6500 |
| TITLE | Tell Sera‘ (Tell esh–Shari‘a) |
| WGS84 | 31.390911° N, 34.68021° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 31.390911, 34.68021 |
| LON/LAT | 34.68021, 31.390911 |
| DMS | 31° 23' 27.2796" N | , | 34° 40' 48.756" E |
| W3W | igneous, holders, madmen |
| UTM | 36 R, 659756, 3474146 |
| EGSA87 | 1517967, 3522418 |
| Elevation m | 157 |
| Elevation feet | 515.1 |
| Region | Levant |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Pottery. Oren and Netzer [1974], 265 In 'a large and well-preserved structure' of the LB II was found, inter alia, ' ... a Mycenaean rhyton and a bowl ... '2. Sherds. Oren and Netzer [1973], 253 ' ... a fragment of a Mycenaean charioteer vase ... ', ' ... a Mycenaean III B stirrup vase ...
3. Sherds. Oren [1972], 169 'A broken Mycenaean stirrup-vase ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Oren and Netzer [1974]: 265, ' ... Another room yielded a rich collection of imported artifacts, such as a Mycenaean rhyton and a bowl with tilted handles, ... '
b. Oren and Netzer [1973]: 253, ' ... fragment of a Mycenaean charioteer vase ... '
2. Late Bronze II: (1400 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Oren and Netzer [1974]: 265, ?? ' ... a large and well-preserved structure of the Late Bronze Age II ... '
3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Oren and Netzer [1973]: 253, ' ... a Mycenaean III B stirrup vase ...
b. Oren [1972]: 169, LH IIIB Late?? 'A broken Mycenaean stirrup-vase of a late 13th century type ... were also found ... '
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Oren [1972]: Oren, E.D.. ‘Tel Sera' (Tell esh-Shari'a)’, Israel Exploration Journal (22:2/3) 167 - 169. 1972., '', pg. 169.
Online here.
2. Oren and Netzer [1973]: Oren, E.D. and E. Netzer. ‘Tel Sera' (Tell esh-Shari'a)’, Israel Exploration Journal (23:4) 251 - 254. 1973., '', pg. 253.
Online here.
3. Oren and Netzer [1974]: Oren, E.D. and E. Netzer. ‘Tel Sera' (Tell esh-Shari'a)’, Israel Exploration Journal (24:3/4) 264 - 266. 1974., '', pg. 265.
Online here.