EL12-11 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: EL12-11

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Vessel Registration Number:

Elephantine 28701La-K043

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

475-565 CE

Shape

Bowl

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine

Functional Category

Household/Utility

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Description

IFAO 5542

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Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

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Vessel Images 2

Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

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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 Byzantine-early Islamic Common ware

5th century - 8th century CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

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Bibliography

Denise Katzjäger. "Spätantike Alltagskultur auf Elephantine, Oberägypten.Typochronologie, Funktion und kulturelle Diversität der keramischen Funde aus den Wohnhäusern um den Chnumtempel", Dr. Phil., Department for Classical Archaeology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, 2017
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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