The petrography of imported Levantine Combed vessels from early Old Kingdom Giza

Karin Sowada, Mary F. Ownby, Anna Wodzinska

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Abstract

Thin-section petrography was used to examine 36 samples of imported Early Bronze Age Combed vessels from Giza, Egypt. The samples come from fragmentary pots found in early Old Kingdom tombs of high officials, and the workers’ settlement at Heit el-Ghurab. Most date to the 4th Dynasty, coeval with the ARCANE Early Central Levant (ECL) 4 and Early Southern Levant (ESL) 5b periods. Results reveal a primary fabric with slight variations, containing material pointing to production centres close to Cretaceous formations outcropping in Central Lebanon, from Beirut and Tripoli. No fabrics from the Southern Levant were identified. The Old Kingdom supply-line to ceramic production centres in the Central Levant, linked to the acquisition of cedar, largely supplanted the diffuse networks of the Early Dynastic period.
LanguageEnglish
JournalLevant
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 24 Jul 2019

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petrography
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Bronze Age
Bronze
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Southern Levant
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Old Kingdom
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Thin Section Petrography

Keywords

  • Egypt
  • Old Kingdom
  • Levant
  • Trade
  • Ceramics
  • Petrography
  • Giza (Egypt)--Antiquities

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Sowada, Karin ; Ownby, Mary F. ; Wodzinska, Anna. / The petrography of imported Levantine Combed vessels from early Old Kingdom Giza. In: Levant. 2019.
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In: Levant, 24.07.2019.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

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Sowada K, Ownby MF, Wodzinska A. The petrography of imported Levantine Combed vessels from early Old Kingdom Giza. Levant. 2019 Jul 24.