Site details

Riqqeh

PK	C6424
TITLE	Riqqeh
WGS84	29.435195° N, 31.169542° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	29.435195, 31.169542
LON/LAT	31.169542, 29.435195

DMS

29° 26' 6.702" N

31° 10' 10.3512" E

W3W	treasuries, tributary, changes
UTM	36 R, 322450, 3257597
EGSA87	1196162, 3277393

Elevation m	36
Elevation feet	118.1
Region	Egypt

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Engelbach [1915], 17    ' ... a Mykenaean false-necked pot from a robbed grave in cemetery E.'
2.    Pottery.   Pendlebury [1930], 113    'L.H. III stirrup vases'
3.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [1999], 530    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Engelbach [1915]: 17, ' ... Mykenaean ... '

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

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

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

NOTE

1. Marker is placed approximately at Cemetery E from which comes Engelbach's 'Mykenaean false-necked pot'. See the map in Engelbach [1915], Plate xlvi.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Engelbach [1915]: Engelbach, R.. Riqqeh and Memphis VI. School of Archaeology in Egypt. London. 1915., ''Chapter VII; inscribed objects'', pg. 17. Online here.

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

3. 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., ''249 Riqqeh'', pg. 530. Online here.