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Buhen

PKC6400
TITLEBuhen
WGS84 22.025101° N, 31.336336° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 22.025101, 31.336336
LON/LAT 31.336336, 22.025101

DMS 22° 1' 30.3636" N,31° 20' 10.8096" E

W3Wnonsurgical, ahead, teller
UTM36Q, 328288, 2436540
EGSA87 1258475, 2453601

Elevation m178
Elevation feet 584
RegionSudan





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 535    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'
2.    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.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 535, 'EARLIEST: LHIII'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 535, 'LHIIIA2: Yes'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 535, 'LHIIIB: Yes'

NOTE

1.  The former location of Debeira 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 [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., ''278 Buhen'', pg. 535. 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., '', Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6400 is at 23.21865° N, 35.56937° E, a straight-line distance of 454 km and 771 m.