CV 7/IFAO 9428 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: CV 7/IFAO 9428

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Vessel Registration Number:

Tell el-Murra, Trench 5 14-VC-144

Site Name

Tell el-Murra

Date

29th century BCE

Shape

Beer jar

Country/Region

Egypt/Delta

Period

1st Dynasty

Functional Category

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Description

Nile clay with plant remains, Group 2, with more coarse, sand-sized inclusions.

Thin Section Photos 2

Tell el-Murra, Trench 5 14-VC-144

Beer jar

Tell el-Murra

29th century BCE

1st Dynasty

Tell el-Murra, Trench 5 14-VC-144

Beer jar

Tell el-Murra

29th century BCE

1st Dynasty

Break Photos 1

Tell el-Murra, Trench 5 14-VC-144

Beer jar

Tell el-Murra

29th century BCE

1st Dynasty

Vessel Images 1

Tell el-Murra, Trench 5 14-VC-144

Beer jar

Tell el-Murra

29th century BCE

1st Dynasty

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Egypt / Delta

Inclusions

Coarse, sand-sized inclusions

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

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Raw Material

Nile clay with plant remains

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Nile Clay with Plant Remains

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

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Bibliography

Magdalena Kazimierczak, Mariusz A. Jucha, and Mary F. Ownby. "Beer Jars from Tell el-Murra - Preliminary Results of Typological and Petrographic Analyses" Ägypten und Levante/Egypt and the Levant 35 (2025), 213-234 , Figure 7.7, Page 226.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Firing temperatures typically ranged from 750°C to 850°C.

Thin section photos taken by Mary Ownby.