Elephantine 28701Qa-K007 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Elephantine 28701Qa-K007

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

475-540 CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

House M10, north courtyard, phase 3, ash level

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

Schale 25 (Katzjäger 2017)

Fabric Description

10YR8/3

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

dull slip on entire vessel and painted bands (2.5YR4/4) on interior and exterior below rim

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 2.5YR6/8

Vessel Images 2

Elephantine 28701Qa-K007

Bowl

Aswan

475-540 CE

Byzantine

Elephantine 28701Qa-K007

Bowl

Aswan

475-540 CE

Byzantine

Break Photos 1

Elephantine 28701Qa-K007

Bowl

Aswan

475-540 CE

Byzantine

Thin Section Photos 1

Elephantine 28701Qa-K007

Bowl

Aswan

475-540 CE

Byzantine

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Aswan White Slip ware (Groups W and WP)

4th century - 8th century CE

Roman, Byzantine

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Upper/Aswan Pink/Kaolinitic/Iron Ore

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Denise Katzjäger. "Spätantike Alltagskultur auf Elephantine, Oberägypten.Typochronologie, Funktion und kulturelle Diversität der keramischen Funde aus den Wohnhäusern um den Chnumtempel", Dr. Phil., Department for Classical Archaeology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, 2017
Peloschek, Lisa. "Cultural Transfers in Aswan (Upper Egypt). Petrographic Evidence for Ceramic Production and Exchange from the Ptolemaic to the Late Antique Period.", PhD, Archaeometry, University of Vienna, 2015

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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