EL12-28 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: EL12-28

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Vessel Registration Number:

28701Ec-K50

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

550-700 CE

Shape

Plate

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine, Early Islamic - ...

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

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Description

IFAO 5559

Thin Section Photos 1

28701Ec-K50

Plate

Aswan

550-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

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Vessel Images 2

28701Ec-K50

Plate

Aswan

550-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

28701Ec-K50

Plate

Aswan

550-700 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-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 Red Slip ware (Groups O and OP)

4th - 7th century CE

Roman, Byzantine

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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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