EL12-27 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: EL12-27

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Vessel Registration Number:

29705Bm-K15

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

330-700 CE

Shape

Open vessel

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine, Early Islamic - ...

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

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Description

IFAO 5559

Thin Section Photos 2

29705Bm-K15

Open vessel

Aswan

330-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

29705Bm-K15

Open vessel

Aswan

330-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

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Vessel Images 2

29705Bm-K15

Open vessel

Aswan

330-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

29705Bm-K15

Open vessel

Aswan

330-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

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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

Byzantine-early Islamic Nile Silt Red Slip ware (Groups K and K1)

4th - 8th centuries 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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