6-15-347-2-K12 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: 6-15-347-2-K12

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Syene

Date

6th - 3rd century BCE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Late Period, Early Hellenis...

Archaeological Context

Area 15

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Vessel Details

Shape

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

I: 5YR7/4 Ex: 2.5Y8/3

Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

dull slip on entire ve...

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

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Thin Section Photos 1

6-15-347-2-K12

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Aswan

6th - 3rd century BCE

Late Period, Early Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

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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