White Slip Nile Silt ware | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Ware/Ware Family/Style: White Slip Nile Silt ware

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Name, Geographic and Chronological Range

Name:

White Slip Nile Silt ware

Country/region of ware origin:

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Date BCE/CE:

1st century CE

Period:

Roman

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General Information and Description

General Information

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

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.

Vessels 3

Syene 012-002-070-009/K018

Bowl

Aswan, Syene

late 1st - 3rd century

Roman

Syene 012-002-073-009-K001

Plate

Aswan, Syene

late 2nd century - 1st century BCE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Syene 006-013-116-001-K023

Bowl

Aswan, Syene

3rd - 2nd century BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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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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