SY12-40 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: SY12-40

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Vessel Registration Number:

Syene 006-013-017-001-K004

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

4th - 3rd century BCE

Shape

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Late Period, Hellenistic/Pt...

Functional Category

Household/Utility

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Description

IFAO 5474

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Syene 006-013-017-001-K004

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Aswan

4th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Syene 006-013-017-001-K004

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Aswan

4th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

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Syene 006-013-017-001-K004

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Aswan

4th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

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Inclusions

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Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

ASW-NILE_01

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Nile Clay

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Ptolemaic-Roman Nile Silt Common ware

6th century BCE - 3rd century CE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Roman

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Bibliography

Peloschek, Lisa. "Cultural Transfers in Aswan (Upper Egypt). Petrographic Evidence for Ceramic Production and Exchange from the Ptolemaic to the Late Antique Period.", PhD, Archaeometry, University of Vienna, 2015

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