Site details
Gurna
| PK | C6417 |
| TITLE | Gurna |
| 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 |
| W3W | pickers, clammed, unnerves |
| UTM | 36 R, 460919, 2845576 |
| EGSA87 | 1365575, 2873608 |
| Elevation m | 80 |
| Elevation feet | 262.5 |
| Region | Egypt |
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.