entity · site_zawiyet_umm_el_rakham
Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham
Also known as: Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, Zawiyat Umm el-Rakham
A short-lived Ramesside fortress-town on Egypt’s Marmarican coast west of Marsa Matruh.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1300 BCE–1200 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides site history
New perspectives on distant horizons: aspects of Egyptian imperial administration in Marmarica in the Late Bronze Age — Snape, Steven (2003)Publishes the short-lived imperial administration and inscriptional setting.
Locator: pp. 1–8 - informs · provides archaeological observation
Cereal cultivation and nomad-sedentary interactions at the Late Bronze Age settlement of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham — Nielsen, Nicky (2017)Publishes agrarian evidence and interaction model.
Locator: pp. 1561–1573 - informs · provides material analysis
Marmaric wares: New Kingdom and later examples — Hulin, Linda (2001)Publishes local Marmaric fabrics contemporary with the fort.
Locator: pp. 67–78
Research description
The site combines monumental Egyptian administration, storage, temple, settlement, agrarian evidence, and local ceramic production. It provides unusually direct evidence for interaction between an Egyptian frontier installation and local populations without demonstrating a fixed ethnic boundary.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides site history
New perspectives on distant horizons: aspects of Egyptian imperial administration in Marmarica in the Late Bronze Age — Snape, Steven (2003)Publishes the short-lived imperial administration and inscriptional setting.
Locator: pp. 1–8 - informs · provides archaeological observation
Cereal cultivation and nomad-sedentary interactions at the Late Bronze Age settlement of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham — Nielsen, Nicky (2017)Publishes agrarian evidence and interaction model.
Locator: pp. 1561–1573 - informs · provides material analysis
Marmaric wares: New Kingdom and later examples — Hulin, Linda (2001)Publishes local Marmaric fabrics contemporary with the fort.
Locator: pp. 67–78
Referenced records
- Egypt · entity