Site details

Abydos

PK	C6385
TITLE	Abydos
WGS84	26.192803° N, 31.911126° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	26.192803, 31.911126
LON/LAT	31.911126, 26.192803

DMS

26° 11' 34.0908" N

31° 54' 40.0536" E

W3W	slumming, marshy, carnivore
UTM	36 R, 391203, 2897492
EGSA87	1291823, 2920981

Elevation m	63
Elevation feet	206.7
Region	Egypt

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 532
2.    Pottery.   Pendlebury [1930], 112    'vase', 'stirrup vase'
3.    Pottery.   Ayrton et al. [1904], 38    'A most interesting set of fragments showed strong Cypriote influence (p. lviii, 8, 9 and 10); but the most interesting find of all was the neck of a false-necked vase, No. 11 of the same plate.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Pendlebury [1930]: 112, 'M.M. II b vase'

2. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 532, 'EARLIEST: LMIB/LHIIA'

3. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 532, 'EARLIEST: LMIB/LHIIA'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Pendlebury [1930]: 112, 'L.H. III stirrup vase' Two vases found in 'XVIIIth Dynasty house' and in 'Gadra'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Ayrton et al. [1904]: 38, ? The house is dated to the XVIIIth Dynasty.

6. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 532, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 532, 'LHIIIB: Yes'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ayrton et al. [1904]: Ayrton, Edward Russell, with Charles Trick Currelly and Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall. Abydos, Part III. Egypt Exploration Fund, London. 1904, 'null', pg. 38. Online here.

2. Pendlebury [1930]: Pendlebury, John D.. Aegptiaca: a catalogue of Egyptian objects in the Aegean area. Cambridge, 1930, 'Abydos', pg. 112. Online here.

3. 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., ''259 Abydos'', pg. 532. Online here.