Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY16-272501 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY16-272501

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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 4, Locus 250: Large...

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl, hemispherical

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Pale orange to light b...

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Highly polished, black...

Manufacturing Technique

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Vessel Images 2

Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY16-272501

Bowl, hemispherical

Al-Qarah al-Hamra

2nd-1st century BCE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Al-Qarah al-Hamra FY16-272501

Bowl, hemispherical

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

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

The only complete Greek import ware found from Trench 4, has a ring, crater shaped base and was possibly imported from the Mareotis or Alexandria regions after arriving from Greece