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 | | If we knew for sure that a particular king or pharaoh ruled between 970 and 930 BC, and if we were to find many pottery fragments containing his name in a particular stratum, we could then assert that such fragments, along with any others found uniquely in the stratum with them, date from those years. |
 | | The limmu lists known run from 911 through 631 B.C. The lists can be dated with the aid of the Canon of Ptolemaeus (second century A.D.), and coincide with dates from the Canon between 747 and 631 B.C." (van der Land). |
 | | What is more, in the 6th century BC, coins began to circulate widely; these often contain data enabling researchers to determine the date of their minting. |
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