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Vessel: Syene 006-013-107-002-K007

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

2nd century BCE - 1st century CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

Archaeological Context

Area 13c, house 35, room 4, use level

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Vessel Details

Shape

Amphora

Shape Type

Amphore Typ 4 (Rembart 2018)

Fabric Description

2.5Y6/4

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 5Y7/3

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Syene 006-013-107-002-K007

Amphora

Aswan

2nd century BCE - 1st century CE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

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Thin Section Photos 1

Syene 006-013-107-002-K007

Amphora

Aswan

2nd century BCE - 1st century CE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Aswan Amphorae

1st century - 5th century CE

Roman, Byzantine

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Aswan Pink/Kaolinitic and Nile clay

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

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
Laura Rembart. "Kulturelle Identitäten Oberägyptens in ptolemäisch-römischer Zeit am Beispiel von Syene. Typochronologie, Akkulturation und wirtschaftsarchäologische Interpretation von ausgewählten Fundkomplexen aus der Stadtgrabung", Dr. Phil., Department for Classical Archaeology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, 2018

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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