Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (13.2001(2002))

WEST SAQQARA

EGYPT

white and gray particles, visible in the
section and on the plain inner surface. The
vessel is an example of Palestinian Red
Burnished of the Early Bronze Age III.,4)
Morphologically, Palestinian Red
Burnished (Early Bronze III) seems to be

a late form of the Abydos Ware (Early
Bronze II). Vessels imported to Egypt
during the Predynastic Period were found
in the royal complexes at Umm el-Qaab in
Abydos15) and in Nagada.l6) The vessel
shape evolved toward a lower, squatter


Fig. 2. Jar from the hunal chamber of Shaft 51
(Drawing T. Rzeuska)
14) Mineralogical and chemical analyses suggest that this type originates not so much from Palestine, as from Lebanon, cf.:
Alexanian, Dahshur II, op. cit., 108-1 10.
15) W.M.F. Petrie, Abydos, vol. I (London 1902), 6, pi. VIII, 5; Id., Royal Tombs, vol. II (London 1901), 8, pi. LIV;
R. Amiran, Ancient Pottery (Jerusalem 1969), 62-66, pi. 17,5.
16) E.-M. Engel, in: J. Kahl et all., “Die Funde aus dem 'Menesgrab' in Naqada: ein Zwischenbericht”, MDAIK 57 (2001 )r
176, pi. 28 a (SACOS Liverpool E 2799b).

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