Firka | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Firka

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Firka

Country/region:

Sudan/North

Alternate names & spellings:

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Coordinates (N,E):

20.9 , 30.58333333

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Middle Ages

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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

Firka Kirwan 1935 fig. 2 (top left)

Transport amphora

Firka

6th-7th c.

Middle Ages

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/795807)

TM Geo (Trismegistos) (https://www.trismegistos.org/place/4959)

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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