Site details

az-Zaqaziz (Bubastis or Tell Basta)

PK	C6392
TITLE	az–Zaqaziz (Bubastis or Tell Basta)
WGS84	30.56838° N, 31.51596° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	30.56838, 31.51596
LON/LAT	31.51596, 30.56838

DMS

30° 34' 6.168" N

31° 30' 57.456" E

W3W	indicate, fakes, defensive
UTM	36 R, 357683, 3382707
EGSA87	1221585, 3405640

Elevation m	8
Elevation feet	26.2
Region	Egypt

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 528
2.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 323    'Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 323, 'Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'

NOTES

1. Position taken from online survey: The Archaeological Sites of Lower Egypt; Resources of the Egypt Exploration Society Delta Survey. They provide a .kmz file of the archaeological sites of the Delta. Their main page is here.

2. See also the map: Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, B III 4/5.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., ''239 Az-Zaqaziz'', pg. 528. 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., '249 Az-Zaqaziz', pg. 327. Online here.