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Vessel: Umm Garashish East MI-9-007

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Context Information

Site Name

Umm Garahish East

Date

3rd to 1st cent 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

Dinos

Shape Type

Dinos, angled grooved rim

Fabric Description

Reddish brown (5YR 5/4) alluvial fabric with thick grey core, HR. 15% c sa, ve, mi

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Umm Garashish East MI-9-007

Dinos

Umm Garahish East

3rd to 1st cent 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

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 p. 326, fig. 4.14.7; p. 328.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Parallels: angled rim resembles Koptos H3.23 (Herbert and Berlin 2003; mid-second to early first c. bce) but fabric and treatment of exterior of rim are different, closely resembling examples from Tôd (Pierrat-Bonnefois 2002: fig. 14.b, third to second c. bce).