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Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-3417 Tell Atrib IA    Age:  1770 ± 30 BP 
Sample name:  Tell Atrib IA
Submitter:  Górecki Tomasz
Institution:
 
 
 Muzeum Narodowe
  
 Al. Jerozolimskie 3   00-495 Warszawa

Collector:
Date of collection:
 Górecki T.
 Nov 1981

Additional information:  Scattered within a ca. 1-m-thick layer consisting of rubble (ash, mortar and marble, with numerous fragments of pottery, glass and bronze), depth 2-3 m, Sector T of mound Kon Sidi Youssef.
Material of sample:  charcoal
Contamination:   
Type of site:  excavation
Field of study:  archaeology

Sample location:
Site name:  Tell Atrib
Latitude:  30 25 00N
Longitude:  31 10 00E
Detailed description of the sample location:
Lower Egypt, floor of Nile valley, elevation 2 m asl.
Mound Kon Sidi Youssef, Benha (ancient Athribis).
Environment description:
no information provided

References to literature:  Radiocarbon Data List XII

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