Marea | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Marea

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Marea

Country/region:

Egypt/Delta/Lower Egypt

Alternate names & spellings:

Mareia, Philoxenite

Coordinates (N,E):

30.99482 , 29.656394

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Byzantine

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Site Description

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Related Images

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Vessels 2

Marea Gwiazda and Wielgosz-Rondolino 2019 Fig. 4.1

Transport amphora

Marea

5th-7th

Byzantine

Marea Gwiazda and Wielgosz-Rondolino 2019 Fig. 4.2

Transport amphora

Marea

5th-7th

Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

Site/Project URLs
Database Links

OpenStreetMaps (https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2708961656)

Pleiades (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727153)

Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

Associated Petro-fabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Gwiazda, M. and Wielgosz-Rondolino, D. "‘Marea’ on Lake Mareotis: a Roman Amphorae Dump, a Byzantine Period House, and its Early Islamic Dwellers" The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 105 (2019), 259-273

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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