SY12-45 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: SY12-45

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Vessel Registration Number:

6-13-116-1-K26

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

late 3rd - 2nd century BCE

Shape

Bowl

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

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Description

IFAO 5479

Thin Section Photos 2

6-13-116-1-K26

Bowl

Aswan

late 3rd - 2nd century BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

6-13-116-1-K26

Bowl

Aswan

late 3rd - 2nd century BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

6-13-116-1-K26

Bowl

Aswan

late 3rd - 2nd century BCE

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 Nile Silt Cooking ware

late 4th - early 1st centuries BCE

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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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