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Tell Sera‘ (Tell esh-Shari‘a)

PKC6500
TITLETell 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

W3Wigneous, holders, madmen
UTM36 R, 659756, 3474146
EGSA87 1517967, 3522418

Elevation m157
Elevation feet 515.1
RegionLevant





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.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6500 is at 31.54651° N, 34.45397° E, a straight-line distance of 27 km and 594 m.