SY12-25 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: SY12-25

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Vessel Registration Number:

5-13-215-4-K109

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

1st century BCE - 1st centu...

Shape

Lamp

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic,...

Functional Category

Lighting

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Description

IFAO 5459

Thin Section Photos 3

5-13-215-4-K109

Lamp

Aswan

1st century BCE - 1st century CE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

5-13-215-4-K109

Lamp

Aswan

1st century BCE - 1st century CE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

5-13-215-4-K109

Lamp

Aswan

1st century BCE - 1st century CE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

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Vessel Images 0

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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_02

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Nile Clay with Calcareous Inclusions

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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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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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