Müskebi
| PK | C1495 |
| TITLE | Müskebi |
| WGS84 | 37.041583° N, 27.353133° E |
| Accuracy | 100 m. |
| LAT/LON | 37.041583, 27.353133 |
| LON/LAT | 27.353133, 37.041583 |
| DMS | 37° 2' 29.6988" N | , | 27° 21' 11.2788" E |
| W3W | chores, planned, defining |
| UTM | 35 S, 531403, 4099544 |
| EGSA87 | 798086, 4104457 |
| Elevation m | 23 |
| Elevation feet | 75.5 |
| Region | Anatolia |
| Subregion | Caria |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. Kelder [2006], 62 ' The cemetery has been studied during the years 1963-1966 and yielded a total of 48 chamber tombs.'2. Cem. Mee [1978], 137 'The 48 chamber tombs were cut into the east and west slopes of a valley 1 km. to the north of Müsgebi and in construction seem to have been quite standard ... '
3. Chamber Tomb. Simpson [1981], 207 'All the pottery from the tombs is Mycenaean, mostly LH IIIA2-B ...'
4. Pottery. Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 173
5. Settlement. Bass [1963], Possible. 'The mere knowledge of a Mycenaean colony near Halicarnassus, from at least LH IIIA to LH IIIC:1, is, however, in itself significant.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB (III?) LH IIIA1-C A C H'
2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 173, 'In this 'koine' period of Mycenaean expansion, there seems to have been a Mycenaean colony at Miletus, and possibly also at Muskebi near Bodrum; since in neither place is there any record of a distinctive local Anatolian pottery reported as occurring with the L.H. at this time.'
3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Bass [1963]: 3545, Vase 7.
4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB (III?) LH IIIA1-C A C H'
b. Bass [1963]: 355, Vase 6.
5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB (III?) LH IIIA1-C A C H'
b. Kelder [2006]: 63, 'Chronologically, the pottery at Müsgebi ranges from LH IIIA2 till LH IIIC.'
c. Bass [1963]: 354, Vases 3,4, 5, and 6.
6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB (III?) LH IIIA1-C A C H'
b. Kelder [2006]: 63, 'Chronologically, the pottery at Müsgebi ranges from LH IIIA2 till LH IIIC.'
c. Bass [1963]: 354, Vases 2, 4, and 8.
7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 207, 'EB (III?) LH IIIA1-C A C H'
b. Kelder [2006]: 63, 'Chronologically, the pottery at Müsgebi ranges from LH IIIA2 till LH IIIC.'
c. Bass [1963]: 354, Vases 2 and 8.
NOTES
1. Of the pottery types Kelder (KEL06, 62, 'Müsgebi') says: "Mee (1978) provides a full account of the corpus. Shapes range from piriform jars, stirrup jars, amphoriskoi, flasks, braziers, kylikes and bowls to cups and mugs. An alabastron, an askos and a basket vase have also been found. A considerable amount of pottery is thought to have been imported from the Argolid and the Dodecanese, most notably Ialysos on Rhodes."
2.
From Simpson and Lazenby [1973] 173, fn. 286:
"The pottery from the L.H. cemetery here is entirely Mycenaean in character. It is now fully recorded by
- Y. Boysal, Katalog der Vasen im Museum in Bodrum i (Ankara 1969) 1-28, pls. 1-33;
- cf. G. Bass, AJA lxvii (1963) 352-7;
- Y. Boysal, TAD xiii. 2 (1964) 81-5 and xiv (1965) 123-4,
- Belleten xxxi (1967) 67-83, and
- Anadolu xi (1967) I-9, 31-9, 45-56, especially 54: 'Most of the pottery found in the tombs at Muskebi belongs to Mycenaean IIIA 2; IIIB follows this in quantity, IIIA i and IIIC finds are relatively few.' The tombs are some distance inland, in a reasonably fertile district."
3. As for placement Dr. Bass [1963] 353 says: " ... a low hill about one and a half kilometers from Müskebi. The face of the hill had been cut away by camel drivers who had been seeking white clay for making mortar. The scarp here revealed at least six chamber tombs, ... " I have placed the marker according to his constraints and on a large white scar in the landscape which is clearly a quarry and has been considerably enlarged in the last two or three decades.
4. A detailed inventory of the pots is in Mee [1978] 137 - 142.
5. position derived from http://luwianstudies.org/sites/musgebi-bodrum/
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Bass [1963]: Bass, George F.. ‘Mycenaean and Protogeometric Tombs in Halicarnassus’, American Journal of Archaeology (67:4) 353 - 361. 1963., '', pg. 353.
Online here.
2. Kelder [2006]: Kelder, Jorrit M.. ‘Mycenaeans in Western Anatolia’, Talanta (36-37), 49-86. 2004-2005., 'Müsgebi', pg. 62.
Online here.
3. Mee [1978]: Mee, Christopher. ‘Aegean Trade and Settlement in Anatolia in the Second Millennium B.C.’, Anatolian Studies (28) 121 - 156. 1978., ''Müsgebi - Ortakent'', pg. 1317.
Online here.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Müskebi', pg. 207.
Online here.
5. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese III’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 68, pp. 127-179, 1973., '', pg. 173.
Online here.