Rawd al-Liqah MI-10-007 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Rawd al-Liqah MI-10-007

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Context Information

Site Name

Rawd al-Liqah

Date

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Site Type

Fortified site/citadel

Country/Region

Egypt/Eastern desert/Red Sea Coast

Period

Early Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Archaeological Context

surface survey

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Vessel Details

Shape

Cooking pot

Shape Type

Cookpot, angled rim. Rim is squared off and slightly flanged in profile.

Fabric Description

light red (2.5YR 6/6)

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

fully fired

Vessel Images 1

Rawd al-Liqah MI-10-007

Cooking pot

Rawd al-Liqah

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Early Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Marl Clay

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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 4.13.7, pp. 325.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Parallels: Koptos (Herbert and Berlin 2003: fig. H2.42, early third to mid-second c. BCE)