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Vessel: Syene 006-013-116-001-K015

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

late 3rd century - 1st century BCE

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

Bowl

Shape Type

Schale Typ 6 (Rembart 2018)

Fabric Description

5YR7/8

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

dull glossy slip on entire vessel and some painting (2.5YR4/6) on exterior

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 2.5YR4/6

Vessel Images 1

Syene 006-013-116-001-K015

Bowl

Aswan

late 3rd century - 1st century BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

Syene 006-013-116-001-K015

Bowl

Aswan

late 3rd century - 1st century BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Ptolemaic-Roman Red-Slipped Nile Silt ware (Middle-Upper Egypt)

4th century BCE - 1st century CE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Nile Clay with Plant Remains

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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

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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