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Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-5405 Stara Dongola II/88    Age:  1360 ± 40 BP 
Sample name:  Stara Dongola II/88
Submitter:  Górecki Tomasz
Institution:
 
 
 Muzeum Narodowe
  
 Al. Jerozolimskie 3   00-495 Warszawa

Collector:
Date of collection:
 Godlewski W.
 1987

Additional information:  Fragment of a board from the altar of a Crusader Church found at depth 5 m.
Material of sample:  wood
Contamination:   
Type of site:  excavation
Field of study:  archaeology

Sample location:
Site name:  Old Dongola
Latitude:  18 13 00N
Longitude:  30 45 00E
Detailed description of the sample location:
Old Dongola, Northern Province, Egypt (at present Sudan).
Environment description:
Crusade Church, excavation of a graveyard.

References to literature:  Radiocarbon Data List XII

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