Abu Rahal West | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Abu Rahal West

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Abu Rahal West

Country/region:

Egypt/Eastern desert/Red Sea Coast

Alternate names & spellings:

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Coordinates (N,E):

25.00527778 , 33.46083333

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

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Site Description

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Related Images

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Vessels 6

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Abu Rahal ED-3-006

Hydria

Abu Rahal West

late 2nd c. BCE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Abu Rahal ED-3-001

Bowl, everted rim

Abu Rahal West

3rd to 2nd c. BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Abu Rahal ED-3-004

Saucer

Abu Rahal West

3rd c. to 2nd c. BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Abu Rahal ED-3-003

Saucer

Abu Rahal West

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Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

Site/Project URLs
Database Links

Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Upper Egyptian Marl Common ware

6th century BCE - 1st century CE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Roman

Ptolemaic Black Slipped ware

later 4th century BCE - early 1st century CE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Roman

Ptolemaic-Roman Red-Slipped ware (Aswan clay)

2nd century BCE - 3rd century CE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Roman

Associated Petro-fabrics

Egypt/Marl Clay

Egypt/Nile Clay

Egypt/Upper/Aswan Pink/Kaolinitic/Silt

Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Steven E. Sidebotham and Jennifer E. Gates-Foster, ed(s). The Archaeological Survey of the Desert Roads Between Berenike and the Nile Valley. Expeditions by the University of Michigan and the University of Delaware to the Eastern Desert of Egypt, 1987-2015, American Schools of Oriental Research Archaeological Reports 26. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2019 , Page(s) 218-219.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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