EL12-17 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: EL12-17

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Vessel Registration Number:

28701D-K30

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

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Shape

Closed vessel

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine, Early Islamic - ...

Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

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Description

IFAO 5548

Thin Section Photos 1

28701D-K30

Closed vessel

Aswan

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Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

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_03

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

Byzantine-early Islamic Nile Silt Cooking ware

5th century - 8th century CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

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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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