Umm Garahish East MI-9-004 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Umm Garahish East MI-9-004

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Context Information

Site Name

Umm Garahish East

Date

mid-2nd to early 1st c. bce

Site Type

Fortified site/citadel

Country/Region

Egypt/Eastern desert/Red Sea Coast

Period

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Archaeological Context

Surface Survey

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

Bowl, plain rim

Fabric Description

Reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) fabric

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Strange light red slip in and out (2.5YR 6/6)

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Umm Garahish East MI-9-004

Bowl

Umm Garahish East

mid-2nd to early 1st c. bce

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Steven E. Sidebotham and Jennifer E. Gates-Foster, ed(s). The Archaeological Survey of the Desert Roads Between Berenike and the Nile Valley. Expeditions by the University of Michigan and the University of Delaware to the Eastern Desert of Egypt, 1987-2015, American Schools of Oriental Research Archaeological Reports 26. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2019 , Figure p. 326, 4.14.4; p. 327.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Single fragment preserving one eighth of rim.