Site details

Byblos

PK	C6208
TITLE	Byblos
WGS84	34.118784° N, 35.64594° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.118784, 35.64594
LON/LAT	35.64594, 34.118784

DMS

34° 7' 7.6224" N

35° 38' 45.384" E

W3W	bullion, aspiration, taillight
UTM	36 S, 744039, 3778489
EGSA87	1576574, 3836923

Elevation m	20
Elevation feet	65.6
Region	Levant

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Figurine.   Petrovic [2004], 254    'Two animal figurines were found in Tomb K12, ... '
2.    Pottery.   Hankey [1967], 118    'Sherds from about twenty Mycenaean pots have been found, ... '
3.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 122    'Among the Mycenaean finds were dinner and storage vessels; in particular, a large number of stirrup jars have been found.'
4.    Pottery.   Stubbings [1951], 76    'One of the seven sherds illustrated under this number is Myc. II ... The other six are III B, to judge by the decoration ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Petrovic [2004]: , Implied.

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Hankey [1967]: 118, ' ... a little Myc. II ... '
    b.    Stubbings [1951]: 76, 'One of the seven sherds illustrated under this number is Myc. II ... '

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 122, 'A total of sixty-five Mycenaean finds were made in this cemetery, dating from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC.'
    b.    Hankey [1967]: 118, 'The chariot krater sherds ... do not look late in style ... and the fabric could be IIIA 2.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 122, 'A total of sixty-five Mycenaean finds were made in this cemetery, dating from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC.'
    b.    Stubbings [1951]: 76, 'The other six are III B, to judge by the decoration ... ', ' ... I was shown a globular stirrup-jar ... I would date it to early III B.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 122, 'A total of sixty-five Mycenaean finds were made in this cemetery, dating from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Frizell ed. [2004]: Frizell, Barbara Santillo. PECUS. MAN AND ANIMAL IN ANTIQUITY. Proceedings of the conference at the Swedish Institute in Rome, September 9-12, 2002. Ed Barbara Santillo Frizell (The Swedish Institute in Rome. Projects and Seminars, 1), Rome 2004., '', Online here.

2. Hankey [1967]: Hankey, Vronwy. ‘Mycenaean Pottery in the Middle East: Note on Finds since 1951’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (62) 107-147. 1967., ''13. Byblos (Jbail)'', pg. 117. Online here.

3. Petrovic [2004]: Petrovic, Nenad. ‘The significance of Mycenaean animal figurines abroad’, Frizell ed. [2004], 252 - 258, 'Byblos.', pg. 254. Online here.

4. Stubbings [1951]: Stubbings, Frank H.. Mycenaean Pottery from the Levant. Cambridge University Press. 1951., '1575', pg. 76.

5. van Wijngaarden [2002]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., '', pg. 122. Online here.