event · evt_mut_el_kharab_third_intermediate_continuity
Third Intermediate Period activity at Mut el-Kharab
Temple deposits, blocks, stelae, ostraka, architecture, and a large ceramic corpus document substantial oasis activity during the Third Intermediate Period.
What is the evidence?
observation
Temple deposits, blocks, stelae, ostraka, architecture, and a large ceramic corpus document substantial oasis activity during the Third Intermediate Period.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.
1070 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
highThis assertion records the event’s preferred range without suppressing narrower samples, phase uncertainty, or competing chronology noted elsewhere in the record.
- informs · dates
The Excavations at Mut al-Kharab II: The Third Intermediate Period in the Western Desert of Egypt — Long, Richard J. (2021)Provides Third Intermediate Period activity and regional implications.
Locator: Monograph overview; temple evidence and ceramic synthesis - informs · dates
Mut el-Kharab — Dakhleh Oasis Project, Monash UniversityProvides site-specific dynastic and cultic context.
Locator: Project history; Dakhleh stelae and monuments
Interpretation and caveats
Occupation and central interest continued, but administrative control was not necessarily uniform. Local oasis material and religious practices should be represented alongside dynastic connections.
Event context
Classification
Event type: oasis institutional continuity and reorganization
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Mut el-Kharab, Twenty-Second Dynasty Egypt
Why it matters to the timeline
This event directly documents the North African research scope in eastern Sahara and oasis corridors, Egypt and western frontier. It is included for its regional evidence rather than merely because it is contemporary.
Research notes
- Provides Third Intermediate Period activity and regional implications. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Monograph overview; temple evidence and ceramic synthesis.
- Provides site-specific dynastic and cultic context. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Project history; Dakhleh stelae and monuments.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
The Excavations at Mut al-Kharab II: The Third Intermediate Period in the Western Desert of Egypt — Long, Richard J. (2021)Provides Third Intermediate Period activity and regional implications.
Locator: Monograph overview; temple evidence and ceramic synthesis - informs · contextualizes
Mut el-Kharab — Dakhleh Oasis Project, Monash UniversityProvides site-specific dynastic and cultic context.
Locator: Project history; Dakhleh stelae and monuments
Referenced records
- Twenty-Second Dynasty Egypt · entity
- Mut el-Kharab · entity