Saww

settlement · 2010 BC – 2100 AD

A port on the Red Sea, located at a small dhow harbor now called Mersa Gawasis. The port was used during the 12th Dynasty for expeditions to Punt and Sinai.

Coordinates

26.55722, 34.03639

Also known as

Mersa Gawāsīs, Mursa Gawāsīs, Mersa Jawāsīs, Mursa Jawāsīs (arz), Sw (egy), Sw (egy), Sww (egy), Sww (egy), Sꜣww (egy), مرسة جواسيس (arz)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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