Αρχαιολογική τοποθεσία

Type: Settlement
Geographical area: North Africa → Egypt → Kom Ge'if

Chronological Period: From A to A
Date: From 7th c. BC, 1st half to 6th c. BC.
Overall Phases of Use: From A to Byz

Location: Inland & Plain
Settlement in the Western Nile Delta, on the Canopic branch

Surveyed/Excavated Area Size: unknown
Estimated Settlement Size: unknown

Fortification: no

Settlement Organization:
Street System: no
Drainage: no
Water Resources: yes
Nile River
Public Spaces: no

Contributors: M. Arjona, O. Kaklamani

Enclave within Egyptian territory.

Records

  • 1884-1885: by W.M.F. Petrie (Egypt Exploration Fund)
  • 1885-1886: by W.M.F. Petrie and E.A. Gardner (Egypt Exploration Fund)
  • 1899: Systematic Excavation by D.G. Hogarth (British School at Athens)
  • 1903: Systematic Excavation by D.G. Hogarth (British School at Athens)
  • 1977-1983: Intensive/Urban Survey by W. Coulson and A. Leonard Jr.
  • 1977-1983: Systematic Excavation by A. Leonard Jr.

References: Primary

  • Coulson, W. D. E. 1996. Ancient Naukratis II: The Survey at Naukratis and Environs. Part I: The Survey at Naukratis, Oxford:
  • Gardner, E. A. 1888. Naukratis II, London:
  • Hogarth, D.G. - Lorimer H. L. - Edgar C.C. 1905. Naukratis 1903, JHS 25: 105–136
  • Hogarth, D.G. 1898/9. Excavations at Naukratis, BSA 5: 26–97
  • Hogarth, D.G. 1905. Naukratis 1903, in D.G. Hogarth - H. L. Lorimer - C. C. Edgar, Naukratis 1903, JHS 25: 105–123
  • Leonard A. 1997. Ancient Naukratis: Excavations at a Greek Emporium in Egypt. Part I: The Excavations at Kom Ge’if, Atlanta:
  • Petrie, W. M. F. 1886. Naukratis. Part I., 1884–5 (Third Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund), London:
  • Petrie, W. M. F. 1886. The finding of Naukratis, The Archaeological Journal 43: 45–51

References: Secondary

  • Höckmann U., Kreikenbom, D. (eds.) 2001. Naukratis. Die Beziehungen zu Ostgriechenland, Ägypten und Zypern in archaischer Zeit: Akten der Table Ronde in Mainz 2.–27. November 1999, Möhnesee:
  • Prinz, H. 1908. Funde aus Naukratis: Beiträge zur Archäologie und Wirtschaftsgeschichte des 7. und 6. Jahrhunderts v. Chr (Klio-Beiheft 7), Leipzig:
  • Schlotzhauer, U. 2012. Untersuchungen zur Archaischen griechischen Keramik aus Naukratis, in U. Schlotzhauer, S. Weber, H. Mommsenet al., Griechische Keramik des 7. und 6. Jhs. V. Chr. aus Naukratis und anderen Orten in Ägypten (Archäologische Studien zu Naukratis III), Worms:
  • Venit, M. S. 1988. Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums, Winona Lake:

Written Sources

  • Hdt., 2, 178-179

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