Elephantine 28701Ad-K029 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Elephantine 28701Ad-K029

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

490-700 CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Archaeological Context

House M10

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Vessel Details

Shape

Cooking pot

Shape Type

Topf 1.3 (Katzjäger 2017)

Fabric Description

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Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

dull slip on entire vessel

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 2.5YR4/6

Vessel Images 1

Elephantine 28701Ad-K029

Cooking pot

Aswan

490-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

Elephantine 28701Ad-K029

Cooking pot

Aswan

490-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Byzantine-early Islamic Nile Silt Cooking ware

5th century - 8th century CE

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

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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