Elephantine 28701Eb-K012 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Elephantine 28701Eb-K012

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

540-565 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

Amphora

Shape Type

Transportamphore LRA 7.5 (Katzjäger 2017)

Fabric Description

Ex: 5YR5/4

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

dull slip on entire vessel, partially rubbed off

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 5YR5/6

Vessel Images 1

Elephantine 28701Eb-K012

Amphora

Aswan

540-565 CE

Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 3

Elephantine 28701Eb-K012

Amphora

Aswan

540-565 CE

Byzantine

Elephantine 28701Eb-K012

Amphora

Aswan

540-565 CE

Byzantine

Elephantine 28701Eb-K012

Amphora

Aswan

540-565 CE

Byzantine

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Late Roman Amphora 7 (LRA 7)

mid 4th-mid 8th century CE

Late Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

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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
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

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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