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Gurna

PKC6417
TITLEGurna
WGS84 25.727608° N, 32.610394° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 25.727608, 32.610394
LON/LAT 32.610394, 25.727608

DMS 25° 43' 39.3888" N,32° 36' 37.4184" E

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UTM36 R, 460919, 2845576
EGSA87 1365575, 2873608

Elevation m80
Elevation feet 262.5
RegionEgypt





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Pendlebury [1930], 113    'L.H. III stirrup vases Gurna'
2.    Pottery.   Edgar [1911], 3    ' ... pseudamphora.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Edgar [1911]: 3, ' ... Mycenaean ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Pendlebury [1930]: 113, 'L.H. III stirrup vases ... '

NOTES

1.  Assuming that 'Gurna' means the Ramesseum.

2.  With respect to the find spot Edgar [1911] 3 says 'Gournah, January 1860.'

3.  Many variant spellings, 'Gournah', 'Kurnah', 'Abd el-Qurna', etc.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Edgar [1911]:  Edgar, M.C.C.. Catalogue Général des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire; Nos 26124 - 26349 et 32377 - 32394; Greek Vases. Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. Cairo, 1911., ''26131. Mycenaean pseudamphora.'', pg. 3. Online here.

2.  Pendlebury [1930]:  Pendlebury, John D.. Aegptiaca: a catalogue of Egyptian objects in the Aegean area. Cambridge, 1930, 'Thebes', pg. 113. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6417 is at 26.41202° N, 34.10762° E, a straight-line distance of 167 km and 978 m.