Abydos AMCP 19-40 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Abydos AMCP 19-40

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Context Information

Site Name

Abydos

Date

23rd century BCE

Site Type

Cemetery/Necropolis

Country/Region

Egypt/Middle Egypt

Period

6th Dynasty

Archaeological Context

Abydos Middle Cemetery (AMC), Tomb of Idi, Unit 3 Level 1, 17, 18

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar, storage

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Exterior: weak red 2.5YR 5/4. Interior: wet-smoothed with a tool, 7.5YR 7/4.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Exterior with light horizontal combing and bands of very faint vertical combing. Weak red 2.5YR 5/4. Interior: wet-smoothed with a tool, 7.5YR 7/4.

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made

Firing

800-850 degrees celcius

Vessel Images 1

Abydos AMCP 19-40

Jar, storage

Abydos

23rd century BCE

6th Dynasty

Break Photos 1

Abydos AMCP 19-40

Jar, storage

Abydos

23rd century BCE

6th Dynasty

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Central Levantine EBA "Combed Ware"

c. 3050-2200 BCE

Early Bronze Age II, Early Bronze Age III

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Associated Petrofabric

Lebanon/Lower Cretaceous Shale/Cretaceous Lime and Sandstone

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Christian Knoblauch, Mary Ownby, and Karin Sowada. "Imported Pottery from Abydos: Weni the Elder and Late Old Kingdom Egyptian–Levantine Trade" Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 111 (2025), 1-17 , Figure 7, Page 7.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Handle stump, base of handle, and 44 body sherds from the same vessel. No rim present. A neck with incised ‘rope’ decoration (P19-41/P09-154) is certainly from the same vessel, as is a body sherd (P19-42) with a pot mark consisting of an applied button and shallow incisions.

Residues on interior: patchy thin film of grey-black residue, also visible on other sherds from this vessel.