Elephantine 28701Pa-K008 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Elephantine 28701Pa-K008

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

500-700 CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Archaeological Context

House M10, west courtyard, phase 4, use level

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Vessel Details

Shape

Plate

Shape Type

Teller 50 (Katzjäger 2017)

Fabric Description

10R5/6

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

dull slip on entire vessel, partially rubbed off

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 5YR5/8 Core: 10R6/6

Vessel Images 1

Elephantine 28701Pa-K008

Plate

Aswan

500-700 CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Byzantine-early Islamic Nile Silt Red Slip ware (Groups K and K1)

4th - 8th centuries 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

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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