Gerar (Tell Jemmeh)
| PK | C6441 |
| TITLE | Gerar (Tell Jemmeh) |
| WGS84 | 31.387149° N, 34.445443° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 31.387149, 34.445443 |
| LON/LAT | 34.445443, 31.387149 |
| DMS | 31° 23' 13.7364" N | , | 34° 26' 43.5948" E |
| W3W | apply, abetted, programmer |
| UTM | 36 R, 637437, 3473412 |
| EGSA87 | 1495514, 3519813 |
| Elevation m | 50 |
| Elevation feet | 164 |
| Region | Levant |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Pottery. van Wijngaarden [2002], 323 'Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery'2. Pottery. Bergoffen [2014], 666 'There are 34 entries for Mycenaean pottery from an indeterminate number of LHIIIA/LHIIIB vessels.'
3. Sherds. Stubbings [1951], 68 'Among Mycenaean sherds from this site Petrie records 'part of a Mykenaean piriform vase, like those found at Amarna, while this would be about 1420 B.C. by the level'.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Bergoffen [2014]: 666, ' ... Mycenaean pottery from an indeterminate number of LHIIIA/LHIIIB vessels.'
b. Stubbings [1951]: 68, 'The fragment should therefore be Myc. IIIA.'
2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [2002]: 327, 'IIIA2'
b. Bergoffen [2014]: 668, 'The style suggests a date in LHIIIA:2 early for all four sherds.'
3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [2002]: 327, 'IIIB'
b. Bergoffen [2014]: 666, ' ... Mycenaean pottery from an indeterminate number of LHIIIA/LHIIIB vessels.'
NOTE
1. Position taken from Ben-Shlomo and Van Beek [2014] pg. 1, Figure 1.1
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Ben-Shlomo and Van Beek, eds. [2014]: Ben-Shlomo, David and Gus W. Van Beek. The Smithsonian Institution Excavation at Tell Jemmeh, Israel, 1970-1990. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington D.C. 2014., '', Online here.
2. Bergoffen [2014]: Bergoffen, Celia J.. ‘Imported Cypriot and Mycenaean Wares and Derivative Wares’, pp. 657-720 in Ben-Shlomo and Van Beek (edd.) [2014]., ''Mycenaean Pottery'', pg. 666.
Online here.
3. Stubbings [1951]: Stubbings, Frank H.. Mycenaean Pottery from the Levant. Cambridge University Press. 1951., ''Gerar (Tell Jemmeh)'', pg. 68.
4. van Wijngaarden [2002]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., '239 Gerar (Tell Jemmeh)', pg. 327.
Online here.