Elephantine 28701Qb-K054 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Elephantine 28701Qb-K054

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswan, Elephantine

Date

490-540 CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

House M10, north courtyard, phase 3, use level

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar

Shape Type

Vorratsgefäß 13 (Katzjäger 2017)

Fabric Description

5YR5/4

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

dull slip on entire vessel, rubbed off

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Break: 2.5YR6/4

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Elephantine 28701Qb-K054

Jar

Aswan

490-540 CE

Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Byzantine-early Islamic Nile Silt Common ware

4th-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

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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