EL12-35 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: EL12-35

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Vessel Registration Number:

28701Ea-K86

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

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Shape

Closed vessel

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine, Early Islamic - ...

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

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Description

IFAO 5566

Thin Section Photos 3

28701Ea-K86

Closed vessel

Aswan

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Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

28701Ea-K86

Closed vessel

Aswan

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Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

28701Ea-K86

Closed vessel

Aswan

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Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

28701Ea-K86

Closed vessel

Aswan

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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-MARL_05

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Marl Clay

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Byzantine-early Islamic Marl Common ware

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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