EL12-19 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: EL12-19

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Vessel Registration Number:

28701D-K28

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

330-640 CE

Shape

Open vessel

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine

Functional Category

Household/Utility

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Description

IFAO 5550

Thin Section Photos 1

28701D-K28

Open vessel

Aswan

330-640 CE

Byzantine

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 Byzantine-early Islamic Common 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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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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