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Wadi al-Jarf

a Pleiades name resource

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Modern Arabic name of the Old Kingdom port site on the Red Sea.

Romanized Name(s):
Wadi al-Jarf, Wādi al-Jarf, Ouadi el-Jarf

Name as attested:

وادي الجرف

Language:
Arabic (Egyptian)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Modern (AD 1700-Present) (confident)

References:

Data Source:

Tallet 2017 page 176

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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