Giza Russian Excavations 99.17.3 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Giza Russian Excavations 99.17.3

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Context Information

Site Name

Giza

Date

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Site Type

Cemetery/Necropolis

Country/Region

Egypt/Delta/Lower Egypt

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

Area II

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Middle coarse marl clay of beige to light beige colour with large quantity of mineral inclusions of brown, grey and black colour

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Giza Russian Excavations 99.17.3

Transport amphora

Giza

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Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Malykh, S.. "The Ceramic Import in Late Roman, Byzantine and Early Arabic Giza: on the External Contacts of the Memphite Area" in Cultural Heritage of Egypt and Christian Orient, ed(s). E. Kormysheva and I. Ladynin. 4. Moscow: 2007, 45–61 , Figure Figure 1, Page 59.0.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This vessel was uploaded to the LCP as a part of the LCP's Handbook to the LRA1 (2025, 1st ed.).