Taposiris Magna | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Taposiris Magna

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Taposiris Magna

Country/region:

Egypt/Delta/Lower Egypt

Alternate names & spellings:

Taposiris Megale

Coordinates (N,E):

30.9463677500419 , 29.519114

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 20

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Taposiris Magna Le Bomin 2016 Fig. 2.10

Transport amphora

Taposiris Magna

within the mid-6th c.

Byzantine

Taposiris Magna Le Bomin 2016 Fig. 6.1

Transport amphora

Taposiris Magna

end of the 6th - beginning of the 7th c.

Byzantine

Taposiris Magna Le Bomin 2016 Fig. 6.2

Transport amphora

Taposiris Magna

end of the 6th - beginning of the 7th c.

Byzantine

Taposiris Magna Le Bomin 2016 Fig. 6.3

Transport amphora

Taposiris Magna

end of the 6th - beginning of the 7th c.

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/768578101)

Pleiades (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727241)

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

Marchand, J.; Reynolds, P.; and Le Bomin, J. "Proto-LRA 1 amphorae from Taposiris Magna (Egypt): A typological and petrological study" Bulletin de Liaison de la céramique égyptienne 31 (2022), 87-121

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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