28701D-K28 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: 28701D-K28

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

330-640 CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

House M10, phase 1, rubbish

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Vessel Details

Shape

Open vessel

Shape Type

base fragment

Fabric Description

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Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Vessel Images 0

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

28701D-K28

Open vessel

Aswan

330-640 CE

Byzantine

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

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

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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