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Vessel: Syene 006-013-017-001-K004

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

4th - 3rd century BCE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Archaeological Context

Area 13c, south of house 34, street, dumped fill

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Vessel Details

Shape

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

I: 2.5Y7/3 Ex: 5Y7/3

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

dull slip on entire vessel, partially rubbed off

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 5Y7/3

Vessel Images 1

Syene 006-013-017-001-K004

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Aswan

4th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 2

Syene 006-013-017-001-K004

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Aswan

4th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Syene 006-013-017-001-K004

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Aswan

4th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Ptolemaic-Roman Nile Silt Common ware

6th century BCE - 3rd century CE

Late Period, Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/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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