entity · site_kom_firin
Kom Firin
A western Delta settlement with a Ramesside temple enclosure and long later occupation.
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.
1300 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Kom Firin I: The Ramesside Temple and the Site Survey — Spencer, Neal, Smoláriková, Květa (2008)Provides the Ramesside date, plan, and western-frontier context.
Locator: Site survey; Ramesside temple and enclosure chapters
Research description
Kom Firin documents a fortified institutional centre in the western Nile Delta, probably founded under Ramesses II. It helps reconstruct western-frontier administration without treating the entire Delta edge as a continuous military wall.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Kom Firin I: The Ramesside Temple and the Site Survey — Spencer, Neal, Smoláriková, Květa (2008)Provides the Ramesside date, plan, and western-frontier context.
Locator: Site survey; Ramesside temple and enclosure chapters
Referenced records
- Egypt · entity