Syene 005-013-329-003-K004 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Syene 005-013-329-003-K004

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

2nd century BCE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Archaeological Context

Area 13c, house 34, room 1, adobe floor

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Vessel Details

Shape

Body sherd, shape indeterminable

Shape Type

open vessel

Fabric Description

2.5Y8/4

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

dull slip on entire vessel

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 2.5YR5/6

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Syene 005-013-329-003-K004

Body sherd, shape indeterminable

Aswan

2nd century BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Aswan Ptolemaic-Roman Common ware

2nd century BCE - 3rd century CE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Roman

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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

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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