SY12-37 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: SY12-37

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Vessel Registration Number:

6-13-017-1-K5

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

4th - 3rd century BCE

Shape

Keg/Siga

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Late Period, Hellenistic/Pt...

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

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Description

IFAO 5471

Thin Section Photos 4

6-13-017-1-K5

Keg/Siga

Aswan

4th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

6-13-017-1-K5

Keg/Siga

Aswan

4th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

6-13-017-1-K5

Keg/Siga

Aswan

4th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

6-13-017-1-K5

Keg/Siga

Aswan

4th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

6-13-017-1-K5

Keg/Siga

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-SHALE_03

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Shale Clay

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Ptolemaic-Roman Shale Common ware

2nd century BCE - 3rd century CE

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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