Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY04-244801 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY04-244801

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Context Information

Site Name

Al-Qarah al-Hamra

Date

2nd-1st century BCE

Site Type

Settlement

Country/Region

Egypt/Fayoum

Period

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Archaeological Context

Trench 1, Locus 7: Courtyar...

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Vessel Details

Shape

Krater

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Orange or light brown

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Faint residue of red p...

Manufacturing Technique

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Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY04-244801

Krater

Al-Qarah al-Hamra

2nd-1st century BCE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY04-244801

Krater

Al-Qarah al-Hamra

2nd-1st century BCE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 1

Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY04-244801

Krater

Al-Qarah al-Hamra

2nd-1st century BCE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Ptolemaic-Roman Red-Slipped Nile Silt ware (Middle-Upper Egypt)

4th century BCE - 1st century CE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

Egypt/Nile Clay

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Ringheim, Hannah L.. "Mediterranean influence in the Ceramic Assemblage of the Small-Scale Settlement of al-Qārah al-Ḥamrā" Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 23 (2019), 78-99

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Greek style kraters are typically designed for banqueting and its presence at Al-Qarah el-Hamra raises possibilites of trade with the Delta