Faras | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Faras

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Faras

Country/region:

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Alternate names & spellings:

Pachora, Tapros

Coordinates (N,E):

22.204049 , 31.498587

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Byzantine

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Site Description

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1) consumption site.

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Related Images

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Vessels 1

Faras Griffith 1927 Pl. 48.3 = Pl. 51.7

Transport amphora

Faras

6th-7th c.

Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

Site/Project URLs
Database Links

Pleiades (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/884719317)

TM Geo (Trismegistos) (https://www.trismegistos.org/place/3170)

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

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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