SY09-10 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: SY09-10

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Vessel Registration Number:

6-15-046-2-K1

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

3rd -1st century BCE

Shape

Amphora

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

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Description

IFAO 5512

Thin Section Photos 1

6-15-046-2-K1

Amphora

Aswan

3rd -1st century BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 0

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-MIX_02

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Aswan Pink/Kaolinitic and Nile clay

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Aswan Amphorae

1st century - 5th century CE

Roman, Byzantine

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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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