Site details

Saqqara - N.K. Necropolis

PK	C6411
TITLE	Saqqara – N.K. Necropolis
WGS84	29.866111° N, 31.217222° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	29.866111, 31.217222
LON/LAT	31.217222, 29.866111

DMS

29° 51' 57.9996" N

31° 13' 1.9992" E

W3W	ripen, serious, comments
UTM	36 R, 327811, 3305284
EGSA87	1197802, 3325622

Elevation m	63
Elevation feet	206.7
Region	Egypt

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 530    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'
2.    Sherds.   Giddy [1996], 6    'Fragments of two Mycenaean stirrup jars ..., were also recovered from the substructure of Pay's tomb.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Giddy [1996]: 6, ' ... Mycenaean stirrup jars ..., '

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 530, 'EARLIEST: LHIIIA2'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [1999]: 530, 'LHIIIB: Yes'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Giddy [1996]: Giddy, Lisa and Janine Bourriau, Paul T. Nicholson, H. S. Smith, Barry Kemp, Peter French, Valerie A. Maxfield, David Peacock, Pamela Rose. ‘Fieldwork, 1995-6: Memphis, Saqqara, North Saqqara, Tell el-Amarna, Buto, Gebel Dokhan, Qasr Ibrim’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (82) 1-22. 1996., 'Pottery', pg. 6. 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., ''248 Saqqara - N.K. necropole'', pg. 530. Online here.