White Slip Nile Silt ware | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Ware/Ware Family: White Slip Nile Silt ware

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Name, Origin, Date

Name:

White Slip Nile Silt ware

Country/Region:

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Date BCE/CE:

1st century CE

Period:

Roman

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General Information

This ware mainly exists as fine ware and only includes bowls and plates. The production began in the early imperial period.

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Related Images

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Vessels 3

Syene 012-002-070-009/K018

Bowl

Aswan, Syene

late 1st - 3rd century

Roman

12-02-073-9-K1

Plate

Aswan, Syene

late 2nd century - 1st century BCE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

6-13-116-1-K23

Bowl

Aswan, Syene

3rd - 2nd century BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Description

The vessels of this ware have a thick, dull white slip. In some cases the slip has a slightly greenish appearance. Most pieces are decorated with bands which can appear both on the exterior as well as
the interior of the body of the vessel.

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Earlier/Alternative Names

White Slip Ware/ASW_NILE (Rembart 2018)

Site Distribution

Egypt

Aswan, Syene (Egypt/Upper Egypt)

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Associated Petrofabrics

Egypt/Nile Clay

Egypt/Nile Clay with Calcareous Inclusions

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Laura Rembart. "Kulturelle Identitäten Oberägyptens in ptolemäisch-römischer Zeit am Beispiel von Syene. Typochronologie, Akkulturation und wirtschaftsarchäologische Interpretation von ausgewählten Fundkomplexen aus der Stadtgrabung", Dr. Phil., Department for Classical Archaeology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, 2018

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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