Shale Amphora | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Ware/Ware Family/Style: Shale Amphora

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Name, Geographic and Chronological Range

Name:

Shale Amphora

Country/region of ware origin:

Egypt/Upper Egypt

Date BCE/CE:

2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Period:

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Roman

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General Information and Description

General Information

This group includes containers that were mainly produced for the transport of foodstuffs, such as oil or wine. The amphorae of shale were only produced in the Ptolemaic period.

They make up a very small percentage of the amphora assemblage discovered in Syene/Aswan.

Description

Many large red-orange shale particles that are smaller in comparison to other shale fabrics. The large white inclusions are characteristic. Based on archaeometric analyses they have been identified as gypsum. Their provenance is unclear but the Dakhla Oasis is probable (Peloschek 2015, 146).

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Syene 006-013-112-003-K001

Amphora

Aswan, Syene

2nd century BCE - 1st century CE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

Syene 006-013-025-002-K009

Amphora

Aswan, Syene

1st century BCE - 2nd century CE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Roman

Syene 006-013-111-007-K009

Amphora

Aswan, Syene

2nd century BCE - 1st century CE

Late Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

Syene 006-013-116-004-K001

Amphora

Aswan, Syene

3rd century BCE -1st century CE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic, Early Roman

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Petrographic Samples 1

SY12-49
Syene 006-013-111-002-K022
Aswan, Syene

3rd -1st century BCE

Hellenistic/Ptolemaic

Magnification:
50

Polarized Light?
PPL

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Earlier/Alternative Names

Amphore/ASW_Shale03 - Rembart 2018

Site Distribution

Egypt

Aswan, Syene (Egypt/Upper Egypt)

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Associated Petrofabrics

Egypt/Shale Clay

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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
Peloschek, Lisa. "Cultural Transfers in Aswan (Upper Egypt). Petrographic Evidence for Ceramic Production and Exchange from the Ptolemaic to the Late Antique Period.", PhD, Archaeometry, University of Vienna, 2015

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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