entity · site_egyfull_naukratis
Naukratis
Also known as: Naucratis
Mixed Egyptian and Mediterranean port community on the Canopic Nile branch.
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.
650 BCE–332 BCE
Precision: range
highApproximate activity or relevance range, not an assertion that the entity was unchanged throughout.
- supports · supports site history
Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt — British Museum research teamSupports the place, phase and interpretive caution.
Locator: Site or regional discussion
Research description
Mixed Egyptian and Mediterranean port community on the Canopic Nile branch. The site record is diachronic; individual phases and control relationships are represented separately.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Multicultural community
A community with evidence for people, practices or objects of multiple geographic and cultural backgrounds.
Why does this record have this property?
The record exhibits this analytical property during the stated interval, with the linked source defining the evidence and limitations. The assignment is a modern classification and does not create an ancient event or permanent territorial identity.
- Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
supports assignment · Relevant evidence and interpretation
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports site history
Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt — British Museum research teamSupports the place, phase and interpretive caution.
Locator: Site or regional discussion
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_egyfull_naukratis · geography assertion