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Arminna

PKC6390
TITLEArminna
WGS84 22.44374° N, 31.781519° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 22.44374, 31.781519
LON/LAT 31.781519, 22.44374

DMS 22° 26' 37.464" N,31° 46' 53.4684" E

W3Wadmits, daydreamed, sparrows
UTM36Q, 342546, 2523998
EGSA87 1267511, 2542362

Elevation m178
Elevation feet 584
RegionEgypt





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Vincentelli and Tiradritti [1986], 330    Imitations. The authors say: 'Gli altri siti nubiani, per la maggior parte ormai sommersi dal Lago Nasser, sono necropoli nelle quali sono state trovate sopratutto imitazioni di ceramica egea.'
2.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 328    Van Wijngaarden makes this a class I site (fewer than 10 Mycenaean artifacts found).


PERIOD (High Chronology)

NOTES

1.  Submerged beneath Lake Nasser. Placed by following the map in Vincentelli and Tiradritti [1986] 333.

2.  Neither Wijngaarden [2002] nor Vincentelli [1986] suggest specific ceramic horizons for this location.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Marazzi et al. (eds.) [1984]:  Marazzi, M. and S. Tusa, L. Vagnetti. Traffici Micenei nel Mediterraneo; Problemi storici e documentazione archeologica. Atti del Convegno di Palermo (11-12 maggio e 3-6 dicembre 1984). Istituto per la Storia e l'Archeologia della Magna Grecia, Taranto, 1986, '', Online here.

2.  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., 'Egypt', pg. 327. Online here.

3.  Vincentelli and Tiradritti [1986]:  Vincentelli, I. and F. Tiradritti. ‘La presenza egea in Egitto’, Marazzi et al. (eds.) [1984] pp. 327-334., 'Nubia', pg. 329. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6390 is at 23.483° N, 35.48553° E, a straight-line distance of 396 km and 864 m.