Vessel: Abydos AMCP 19-13

Context Information

Abydos

23rd century BCE

Cemetery/Necropolis

Egypt/Middle Egypt

6th Dynasty

Abydos Middle Cemetery (AMC), Tomb of Weni, Unit 27 Level 4, Units 28/29

Vessel Details

Jar, storage

Exterior: red 2.5YR 6/6. Section/break: uniform dark red-brown.

BD: 14.5 cm; RD: 12 cm; MD: 28 cm; H: 39.5 cm

Transport/Storage

Coil-made; base made in a mould. Interior hand-smoothed, neck and rim smoothed on a turning device. Join to neck is extremely coarse. Exterior has wide horizontal combing with a few light traces of vertical combing. Pre-firing pot mark on shoulder incised with a wide, flat-headed tool. Two pot marks from the corpus (P19-14 and 15) were executed in the same hand and fabric. Uneven exterior colour, red 2.5YR 6/6.

Mold made and Hand made coil

Section/break: uniform dark red-brown. Fired 800-850 degrees celcius.

Vessel Images  2


Jar, storage
Abydos
23rd century BCE
6th Dynasty

Jar, storage
Abydos
23rd century BCE
6th Dynasty

Break Photos  1


Jar, storage
Abydos
23rd century BCE
6th Dynasty

Thin Section Photos  0

Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

2450/2400 BCE – 2300/2250 BCE

Philia

Associated Kiln/Workshop