Elephantine 28701La-K051 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Elephantine 28701La-K051

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

425-700 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

Amphora

Shape Type

Transportamphore LRA 7.1-5 (Katzjäger 2017)

Fabric Description

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Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Elephantine 28701La-K051

Amphora

Aswan

425-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Elephantine 28701La-K051

Amphora

Aswan

425-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

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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

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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