Elephantine 28701La-K043 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Elephantine 28701La-K043

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

475-565 CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

House M10, house, phase 5, adobe brick rubble

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

Schüssel 94 (Katzjäger 2017)

Fabric Description

10R5/6

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

dull slip on entire vessel, partially rubbed off, and painting (10R3/1, 2.5Y8/6) on exterior and along rim

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 5YR7/6

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Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

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Thin Section Photos 4

Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

Elephantine 28701La-K043

Bowl

Aswan

475-565 CE

Byzantine

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Aswan Byzantine-early Islamic Common ware

5th century - 8th century CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

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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

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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