SY09-17 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: SY09-17

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Vessel Registration Number:

6-15-347-2-K12

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

6th - 3rd century BCE

Shape

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Late Period, Early Hellenis...

Functional Category

Household/Utility

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Description

IFAO 5519

Thin Section Photos 1

6-15-347-2-K12

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Aswan

6th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Early 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-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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