6-15-046-2-K1 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: 6-15-046-2-K1

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

3rd -1st century BCE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Archaeological Context

Area 15

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Vessel Details

Shape

Amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

7.5YR7/4

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

dull slip on exterior,...

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

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Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

6-15-046-2-K1

Amphora

Aswan

3rd -1st century BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

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

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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