Bir Abbad MI-1-006 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Bir Abbad MI-1-006

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Context Information

Site Name

‘Abbad, Abu Gehâd

Date

early 3rd 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, incurved rim

Shape Type

incurved rim

Fabric Description

Yellowish red (5YR 5/6) alluvial fabric and weak red (2.5YR 4/2) wash in and out.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Bir Abbad MI-1-006

Bowl, incurved rim

‘Abbad

early 3rd c. BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Ptolemaic-Roman Red Slipped Nile Silt Common ware

2nd century BCE - 3rd century CE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Nile 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 4.33.6.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Single fragment preserving one eighth of rim and small portion of body. Parallels: Naukratis (Berlin 2001: fig. 2.8.20, early third c. BCE).