entity · site_egyfull_elephantine
Elephantine
Also known as: Abu
Settlement, cult and administrative centre at the First Cataract and gateway to Nubia.
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.
3500 BCE–332 BCE
Precision: range
highApproximate activity or relevance range, not an assertion that the entity was unchanged throughout.
- supports · supports site history
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt — Ian Shaw (editor) (2000)Supports the place, phase and interpretive caution.
Locator: Site or regional discussion
Research description
Settlement, cult and administrative centre at the First Cataract and gateway to Nubia. The site record is diachronic; individual phases and control relationships are represented separately.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports site history
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt — Ian Shaw (editor) (2000)Supports the place, phase and interpretive caution.
Locator: Site or regional discussion
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_egyfull_elephantine · geography assertion