Herbert VERRETH, The northern Sinai from the 7th century BC till the 7th century AD. A guide to the sources, Leuven, 2006

"This historical topography of the northern Sinai offers a survey of:
- the places mentioned in ancient sources from the 7th century BC till the 7th century AD
- the places attested in the itineraries of the 7th-17th centuries AD
- the archaeological sites known in the area
- other toponyms mentioned in scholarly works and on maps of the 18th-20th centuries AD.

For every ancient place all available sources are collected and analysed, and a synthesis of its topographical and administrative situation is attempted. For every archaeological site a summary is given of the findings. This work is therefore not conceived as a running text, but more as an encyclopaedia, in which every lemma can be read separately. Because of the systematic structure that is more or less identical for every place, users have a rapid access to the specific material they are looking for. The work is meant to be accessible to ancient historians, archaeologists, Egyptologists, biblical and other scholars interested in the northern Sinai. All sources are paraphrased and translated, so the reader does not need to be familiar with Greek, Latin, Egyptian or other eastern languages; in most cases the text in the original language is added for the specialist's sake."

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME I

Table of contents 3
Preface 7

Introduction 9

1. Itineraries and descriptions of the northern Sinai
The New Kingdom northern Sinai itinerary 24
Military expeditions in the 7th-1st centuries BC 30
The topographical onomasticon P.Cairo dem. 31169 50
Itineraries and descriptions of the 1st-7th centuries AD 55
Itineraries and descriptions of the 7th-17th centuries AD 75
Descriptions of the northern Sinai coastline in the 10th-16th centuries AD 95
Synoptic chronological tables 98

2. Lake Serbonis, the Kasiotis and the Djifar
Summary 109
Lake Serbonis - Sabkhat Bardawil 110
Kasiotis 146
Djifar 151

3. The area between Raphia and Rinokoloura
Summary 158
Late and Graeco-Roman periods 159
Brook of Egypt - Arza - The sealed harbour of Egypt
Ienysos
Bytl / P3-s3-nfr - Bitylion - Bethaphou – Boutaphios
Arab period 199
el-Barmakia - el-Za'aqa - el-Shadjaratain - el-Ushsh - el-Kharruba - Abi Ishaq
Modern period 215
el-Gora - Twajjel el-Emir - Maqrunat Umm el-Arais - el-Masurah - Krum el-Bahri / Krum Matallat el-Sheikh Zuweid - Tell el-Baqar - Tell Ouashi - Krum Eid ibn Abed - Sadot - Abu Tawilah - Rasm el-Zaizeh - Yamit - The R-sites of the Israeli survey southwest of Rafah - Tell Abu Shennar - Tell Roumelat - Tell el-Aslig - Tell el-Aheimer - R54 - el-Seyaah - Tell Emedian
Sheikh Zuweid - Khasaha - Tell Temilat (Tell Abu Selima) - Tell el-Eqneiyin (Tell Jenein) - Tell Abu Ghanem - Tell el-Sheikh - Minet el-Ahsein - Tell Mahiza' - Tell el-Sitt - Sabkhat el-Sheikh - Dikla
Tell el-Qabr / Bir Gabr Amir - Tell Eziaza - A335 / A346 - (Khirbet Umm) el-Kharruba / Khirbet el-Burdj - Haruvit - The A-sites of the Israeli survey northeast of el-Arish - Lahaemmet - el-Risah - Sibil Ain - el-Barra - Khirbet el-Fath

4. Rinokoloura
Summary 255
Late and Graeco-Roman periods 256
Rinokoloura - Phakidia
Laura - Ariza
Arab and modern periods 309
el-Arish

5. Ostrakine
Summary 350
Graeco-Roman period 351
Ostrakine
Arab period 378
el-Adad – el-Warrada - el-Makhlasa
Modern period 389
el-Felusiyat - Barasa el-M'kheizin / Barasa Aicha - el-Khuinat - el-Ratama - Umm el-Shuqafa
el-Zaraniq - Khirba (I) - Ras Straki - Ras el-Abid - Cape Mahatib - Djeziret el-Ghattafa / Djeziret el-Gleikha - Likleykha - el-Mataria

6. Kasion
Summary 413
Late and Graeco-Roman periods 414
Kasion
Arab period 492
el-Tha'ama - el-Qass - el-Qasr / Deir el-Nasara
Modern period 499
Ras el-Qasrun - Ras el-Burun - el-Qels - Haparsa - Mat Iblis - el-Zugbah

7. The coastal area between Kasion and Pelousion
Summary 512
Graeco-Roman period 513
Pentaschoinon - Aphnaion - Aphthaia / Aphthites - Gerra - Skenai (ektos Gerrous) - Chabriou Charax - Castra Alexandri
Arab period 571
el-Udhaib / Umm el-Arab
Modern period 574
el-Uqsor - Tell el-Rabia - Anb Diab / el-Qels (II) - Mahammediya - el-Kenisa / el-Mallaha / Khirba (II) - Menqa Etman - Djebel Uabra - Abu Galada

8. The inland road south of Sabkhat Bardawil
Summary 589
The area between el-Arish and el-Felusiyat 591
The A-sites of the Israeli survey west of el-Arish - Bir el-Masa'id - el-Deheisha - Sebil - el-Dakar - Zari' - Bir el-Qadi - Abu Hawidat - Themajel Djaber - Abu Mazruh - el-Meidan - Umm el-Ushush - Qabr el-Sa'i - Bousser - Hadjar Bardawil (Sabkhat Bardawil) - Bir el-Gererat - Sabikah - Mahall el-Baraqat
The area between el-Felusiyat and Bir el-Abd 608
Nakhla - Aitwegenai - Bir el-Zubatiyya - Bir el-Mazar - Bir Matta - Bir Kasiba (I) - el-Rodah - Garif el-Gizlan - Umm el-Hasan - el-Sawada - Abu Tilul - el-Amrawiyyah - Lake Huash / Umm el-Girdan / Tabam Umm el-Girdan - Lebrash - Sheradel - Luliya - Dawanir - Umm - Misfaq - Nahal Yam - Madba'a - Arar - Ru'us el-Adrab - el-Breidj - Bir Salamana - el-Mutaileb - el-Baqqara - el-Sadat - Bir el-Ganadil - Sabkhat el-Derwish - Mabrukah - Bir el-Abd
The area between Bir el-Abd and Qatia 637
Djebel Rua - Djebel Akhsum - Nadjah - Abu Sa'dan - Khirba (III) - Bir el-Afein - Subaikhat Nakhlat Ma'n - Hod el-Nahr - el-Nasr - el-Rumiya - el-Kifah - Anfushiya - el-Faydah - Bewasmir - Nadjila - el-Ta'awun - el-Salam - Amm Ugbah - Rab'ah - Djbarah - Oghratina el-Seriri - Qatia - Oqtahia
The area of Qasr Ghet southeast of Qatia 662
Qasr Ghet - Awiti - Autaioi - el-Dheish - el-Farsh - el-Hasua - el-Sadjia - el-M'zahamiya - el-Mahari
The area northwest of Qatia 680
Khirbet el-Mard - el-Ghabai - Djebel Abu Darem - Djebel Aenni - el-Karamah - Bir Abu Hamra - Hod el-Sufia - Rumani - Bir Etmalir - el-Shoada - Bir el-Arais - Djebel Abu Ganid - Bir Abu Diyuk - T267 - el-Bahria
The area southwest of Qatia 688
Bir Nagid - Bir Abu Raml - Tell el-Dab'a - Bir el-Dahaba - Bir el-Nuss - Djebel Chalra - el-Kheit Nagar - el-Rehemi - el-Morzugat - el-Machar - Djebel Marguni - el-Beda - el-Lagia - el-Khasana - el-Uash - el-Shohat - Kheit Sala - Djebel Lissan - el-Djesuha - Tell el-Naga - Tell el-Nisseya - Abu Zedl - Abu Ghendi - Umm Negm - el-Ghurabi - Bir Kasiba (II) - Bir el-Goga - Bir el-Duwaidar - Bir el-Djilbana - el-Aqula
Sites in the area west of Qatia without a specific location 704
Umm el-Ghazlan - Abu Shamla - Kathib Uaset - Abu el-Ghazlan - Umm el-Hera - Abu Rati - Kathib el-Aura - Go el-Ahmar - Ganub Za'u - Djebel el-Ekhz - Mardeit - el-Cana

9. The northwestern Sinai
Summary 708
Late and Graeco-Roman periods 711
Migdol / Magdolos - Tcharou - Sele
Arab and modern periods
The area of the eastern laguna 758
T4 - Tell Kedwa (T21) - Tell el-Heir - Tell Ebeda (T116) - Tell el-Ghaba - Tell el-Mufariq
The area of the western laguna 786
Bir Hedeua - Djebel el-Adam - T78 - Habwa and Tell Habwa - Tell el-Semut - Tell el-Ahmar - Bir el-Burdj - Tell el-Burdj - Habwa I-V
The area of lake Ballah 807
el-Qusair - el-Lawawin - Tell Abu Seifa - el-Qantara
The area south of lake Ballah 826
Hittin / Hatein - Bir Abu Helefy - Bir Chenan - Bir Abu Reida - Ras el-Moyeh - Bir Abu el-Uruq - Bir el-Hoda

10. Pelousion and the Pelousiac plain [partim]
Summary 830
Late and Graeco-Roman periods 832
Sha-amile - Si'nu / Sa'nu - Sin - Senou (Snw) / Sounou (Swnw) - Senos
Stratopeda - Ptolemais in Pelousion - Lychnos - Thylax
Modern period 876
The alleged eastern border canal
Tell el-Musallem - Tell Abiad - Tell el-Luli - Tell Zemurt - Tell of the skull (?) - Tell el-Fadda (west) - Tell el-Gharza


VOLUME II

Table of contents 885

Bibliography, maps, illustrations, sources, texts found in situ and orthographic variants for the sites mentioned in the gazetteer
2. Lake Serbonis, the Kasiotis and the Djifar 889
3. The area between Raphia and Rinokoloura 902
4. Rinokoloura 938
5. Ostrakine 961
6. Kasion 981
7. The coastal area between Kasion and Pelousion 1001
8. The inland road south of Sabkhat Bardawil 1021
9. The northwestern Sinai 1086
10. Pelousion and the Pelousiac plain [partim] 1133

Prosopography of the northern Sinai