Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (15.2003(2004))

NAQLUN

EGYPT

It is likely that the two jars had been in
use for what was presumably not a very long
time before being sunk into the floor of

room AA.30.2. This event occurred most
certainly in the same time, corresponding to
the earlier occupational phase.

DEPOSIT FROM ROOM AA.40.2

Sixteen mostly intact vessels were found
scattered on the floor in the southeastern
part of room AA.40.2 (Fig. 3). The owners
apparently abandoned them when moving
out of the building.
The two plates are of the Late Roman
Ware kind. Nd.00.242 (Fig. 4:1) is quite
deep, thick-walled and with an elaborately
profiled rim (dia. 33.0 cm). The rim is
somewhat flaring with four flat semi-bands
separated by incuts, a straight flaring wall
and fairly high ring base. Plate Nd.01.011
from layer 2 in room A.20.2 is of similar
form albeit less elaborate rim (not il-
lustrated); also similar are the examples of

plates from sector D (Nd.98.137) and
E (Nd.98.165). On the grounds of these
parallels, a dating in the 9th century,
perhaps the second half, is very probable.
The other plate (Nd.00.244) appears very
similar; it is smaller and has a lower ring
base and depressed floor.
Bowls Nd.00.241 (Fig. 4:2) and
Nd.00.255 (not illustrated) feature flaring
walls and flat bases. Similar vessels were
found in room D.12 (Nd.92.3l4) and in
sector E.E.3 (Nd.98.288, Nd.98.289).
They are apparently from the 9th century. }
Another big thick-walled bowl of red
clay (Nd.00.256, Fig. 4:3) has a somewhat


Fig. 3- Pottery deposit from room AA.40.2
(Photo M. Zjmk)

5) Once again, House X at Tebtynis yielded a similar vessel from an 8th-century layer, cf. ibid., 432. The decoration,
however, is in the case of this parallel vessel much poorer.
6) They are dated thus by W. Kubiak, cf. id., Unglazed Domestic Wares from Fustat (typescript), 120-121. The
archaeological context at Naqlun confirms this dating.

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