Elephantine 34702Rj-K013 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Elephantine 34702Rj-K013

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

425-565 CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

House K20, east courtyard, phase 1, use level

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

Schale 24.1 (Katzjäger 2017)

Fabric Description

10YR8/2

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

dull slip on entire vessel, rubbed off, and painting (2.5YR4/4) along interior rim

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 2.5YR8/1

Vessel Images 1

Elephantine 34702Rj-K013

Bowl

Aswan

425-565 CE

Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

Elephantine 34702Rj-K013

Bowl

Aswan

425-565 CE

Byzantine

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Aswan White Slip ware (Groups W and WP)

4th century - 8th century CE

Roman, Byzantine

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Upper/Aswan Pink/Kaolinitic/Shale

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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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