Elephantine 28701Eb-K001 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Elephantine 28701Eb-K001

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

540-700 CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Archaeological Context

House M10, house, phase 5, adobe brick rubble

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Vessel Details

Shape

Plate

Shape Type

Teller 24.4 (Katzjäger 2017)

Fabric Description

I: 2.5YR5/8 Ex: 10R5/6

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

dull glossy slip on entire vessel, partially rubbed off

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 2.5YR6/6

Vessel Images 1

Elephantine 28701Eb-K001

Plate

Aswan

540-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 4

Elephantine 28701Eb-K001

Plate

Aswan

540-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Elephantine 28701Eb-K001

Plate

Aswan

540-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Elephantine 28701Eb-K001

Plate

Aswan

540-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Elephantine 28701Eb-K001

Plate

Aswan

540-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Aswan Red Slip ware (Groups O and OP)

4th - 7th century CE

Roman, Byzantine

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Upper/Aswan Pink/Kaolinitic/Silt

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Denise Katzjäger. "Spätantike Alltagskultur auf Elephantine, Oberägypten.Typochronologie, Funktion und kulturelle Diversität der keramischen Funde aus den Wohnhäusern um den Chnumtempel", Dr. Phil., Department for Classical Archaeology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, 2017
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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