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event · evt_kom_firin_ramesside_foundation

Ramesside foundation and enclosure at Kom Firin

A large mud-brick enclosure and temple complex was established in the western Nile Delta, probably during Ramesses II’s reign.

Evidence confidence: high
Awaiting expert reviewNorth Africa expansion for the Bronze Age Systems Atlas

What is the evidence?

observation

A large mud-brick enclosure and temple complex was established in the western Nile Delta, probably during Ramesses II’s reign.

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Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.

Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Preferred assertion

1279 BCE–1213 BCE

Precision: range

high

This assertion records the event’s preferred range without suppressing narrower samples, phase uncertainty, or competing chronology noted elsewhere in the record.

Interpretation and caveats

Kom Firin formed part of a distributed western-frontier administrative and cultic landscape, not a continuous surveyed border wall.

Event context

Classification

Event type: fortified settlement foundation

Evidence layer: archaeological

Timeline role: regional core

Why it matters to the timeline

This event directly documents the North African research scope in Egypt and western frontier. It is included for its regional evidence rather than merely because it is contemporary.

Research notes

  • Provides the Nineteenth Dynasty enclosure and temple sequence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Site survey and Ramesside enclosure chapters.

Evidence and sources

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