claim · claim_punt_toponym_not_fixed_state
Punt is securely attested as an Egyptian destination name but cannot presently be represented as one fixed, continuously bounded state for 1600–800 BCE.
Punt is securely attested as an Egyptian destination name but cannot presently be represented as one fixed, continuously bounded state for 1600–800 BCE.
Review and provenance
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Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · provides primary evidence
Hatshepsut’s Punt Reliefs: Their Structure and Function — Filip Taterka (2019)Provides the named destination and source criticism.
Locator: Punt relief cycle and function - supports · supports distribution
Mummified Baboons Reveal the Far Reach of Early Egyptian Mariners — Nathaniel J. Dominy, Salima Ikram, Gillian L. Moritz, Patrick V. Wheatley, John N. Christensen, Jonathan W. Chipman, Paul L. Koch (2020)Provides a broad geographic constraint.
Locator: Isotope source-zone results - supports · provides archaeological observation
Mersa/Wadi Gawasis and Ancient Egyptian Maritime Trade in the Red Sea — Kathryn A. Bard, Rodolfo Fattovich (2015)Provides earlier maritime-network context.
Locator: Harbour and foreign ceramic evidence
Contradicting sources
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Other source context
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Referenced records
- Punt · entity
- Hatshepsut’s expedition to Punt · event
- New Kingdom import of baboons from a southern Red Sea source zone · event