Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY04-242461 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY04-242461

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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 2, Locus 136: Open a...

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Vessel Details

Shape

Perfume bottle/Unguent...

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Light brown

Functional Category

Cosmetic/Toilette/Medi...

Surface treatment

Some polish

Manufacturing Technique

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Vessel Images 2

Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY04-242461

Perfume bottle/Unguentarium

Al-Qarah al-Hamra

2nd-1st century BCE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY04-242461

Perfume bottle/Unguentarium

Al-Qarah al-Hamra

2nd-1st century BCE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Ptolemaic Black Slipped ware

later 4th century BCE - early 1st 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

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

A unguentarium, or perfume vase, which is rare to find in PBW, some contemporaneous examples of PBW unguentaria and amphoriskoi originate from Karanis, thoerized to have been produced at site's hearth