Site details

Heliopolis

PK	C6379
TITLE	Heliopolis
WGS84	30.129296° N, 31.307482° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	30.129296, 31.307482
LON/LAT	31.307482, 30.129296

DMS

30° 7' 45.4656" N

31° 18' 26.9352" E

W3W	flexed, rinse, myths
UTM	36 R, 336961, 3334322
EGSA87	1204678, 3355460

Elevation m	13
Elevation feet	42.7
Region	Egypt

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 529
2.    Pottery.   Stubbings [1951], 93    'A squat flat-topped stirrup jar (type F181) in the Cairo Museum (no. 59174) decorated like that from Gadra.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Stubbings [1951]: 93, 'The following are also perhaps of late IIIA date: ... '

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 529, 'LHIIIA2: Yes', 'EARLIEST: LHIIIA'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Stubbings [1951]: Stubbings, Frank H.. Mycenaean Pottery from the Levant. Cambridge University Press. 1951., 'Heliopolis', pg. 93.

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., ''244 Heliopolis'', pg. 529. Online here.