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Qubban

PKC6395
TITLEQubban
WGS84 23.187599° N, 32.92508° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 23.187599, 32.92508
LON/LAT 32.92508, 23.187599

DMS 23° 11' 15.3564" N,32° 55' 30.288" E

W3Wtrampling, misstep, shrugged
UTM36Q, 492333, 2564289
EGSA87 1415804, 2592244

Elevation m178
Elevation feet 584
RegionSudan





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], 323    'Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 328, 'IIIA2'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 328, 'IIIB'

NOTE

1.  The former location of Qubban is now submerged beneath Lake Nasser. Position based on map in Vincentelli and Tiradritti [1986] 333.

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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., '286 Qubban', pg. 328. 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., ''La Presenza Egea in Egitto'', pg. 327. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6395 is at 23.50561° N, 35.47975° E, a straight-line distance of 263 km and 480 m.