Site details

Mycenae: Sally Port

PK	C6610
TITLE	Mycenae: Sally Port
WGS84	37.73061772° N, 22.75960259° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.73061772, 22.75960259
LON/LAT	22.75960259, 37.73061772

DMS

37° 43' 50.2238" N

22° 45' 34.5693" E

W3W	slyness, chewy, searchlight
UTM	34 S, 655058, 4177384
EGSA87	390548, 4176364

Elevation m	255
Elevation feet	836.6
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Portal

TYPE

1.    Sally Port.   Iakovidis et al. [2003], 13    'At two points on the N and S sides, vaulted openings cut through the wall. The one on the S, which is the largest, was thought to be a secret emergency exit (Sally Port) ... '
2.    Sally Port.   Loader [1996], 192    'The south sally-port cuts the fortification midway along the south wall of the North-east Extension ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Loader [1996]: 191, ' The North-east Extension is dated to the third building phase at Mycenae, LH III B 2.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Iakovidis et al. [2003]: Iakovidis, Spyros, and Elizabeth B. French, Kim Shelton, Charalambos Ioannides, Anton Jansen, John Lavery. Archaeological Atlas of Mycenae. The Archaeological Society at Athens Library, no. 229. 2003., 'Passageways', pg. 13.

2. Loader [1996]: Loader, N. Claire. ‘A Possible East Sally-Port in the North-East Extension at Mycenae? A Brief Note’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (91) 191 - 196. 1996., 'South Sally-Port', pg. 192. Online here.