Aswan Ptolemaic-Roman Common Ware is an exceptionally well-levigated ware native to Upper Egypt. Potters used this ware to produce a series of small bowls, saucers, and jugs. It is common at sites in Upper Egypt, especially those near the first cataract at Aswan, and can be found as far south as Qasr Ibrim in Nubia. At Coptos, this ware first appears in the early 3rd century BCE, in the second Hellenistic ceramic assemblage; however, a fragment of one vessel was found in the earliest Hellenistic assemblage, dating to the late 4th century BCE (Herbert and Berlin 2003, 28). The early Hellenistic appearance of this ware at Coptos provides stratigraphic documentation of the beginnings of Aswan’s long-lived classical pottery manufacturies....
Aswan Ptolemaic-Roman Common Ware is made of somewhat soft, pale pink-white fabric, with only a few fine and small rounded bright red inclusions and lime flecks. Surfaces fire to a pale creamy white, while the interior remains light pink, and there is generally no central firing core. Some of these vessels are fairly coarse and have a slip that hardly differs from the color of the fabric and is usually applied in a very thin coat.
Abu Midrik (Egypt/Eastern desert/Red Sea Coast)
Abu Rahal, Abu Rahal Hill (Egypt/Eastern desert/Red Sea Coast)
