Byzantine-early Islamic Marl Common ware
Egypt/Upper Egypt
4th - 8th centuries CE
Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Tulunid
General Information
This ware includes all vessels that were primarily used as storage vessels. Since the function of the individual vessels cannot always be precisely determined they are simply assigned to the use in everyday life. This ware is almost entirely classified on the basis of its appearance. The repertoire of shapes includes a variety of shapes including pitchers, jugs, flasks, lids, ladles, bowls, and jars as well as qadus. This ware was manufactured from different marl clay pastes and is common in late antique assemblages in Syene.
The vessels sometimes have a red or seldom a white slip but most are slipped with a slip almost of same color as the clay vessel. A large part of the vessels are decorated with painting or horizontal grooves on their exterior.
