Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (16.2004(2005))

TELL LARAMA

EGYPT

terracotta oil lamps, dated roughly to the
lst-4th centuries AD. An absolute majority
of Roman sherds belonged to storage wares
(LRA 4), possibly in connection with the
late industrial activities known to have been
carried out in the northern part of the
building after its abandonment.
The remaining pottery material dated
roughly from the 2nd century BC to the 1st
century AD and included a representation
of both fine tableware and plain and
cooking wares, as well as some amphorae,
although these were relatively few (e.g.
P.04/250, cf. Fig 8).
Meriting attention among the fine wares
{Fig. 7] were the black-gloss goblets, both
local and imported. A cup of the 2nd
century BC could be an import from

Cyprus. Also, plates and bowls from this
period were of very good quality (P.04/143,
P.04/214, P.04/332, P.04/333, P.04/338).
Among the Roman-period pottery, one
should mention a Cypriot-sigillata bowl
(P.04/137) and an unguentarium, dated to
the 1st century AD.
Examples of cooking ware included
cooking pots and casseroles (e.g. P.04/86,
P.04/135, cf. Fig. 8), both dated to the late
1st century BC, and cooking pots, most of
which were of Hellenistic date, except for
a few, like P.04/259 or P.04/315 (Fig. 8),
which could have been either Late Hel-
lenistic or Early Roman. Of approximately
the same period were the coarse wares,
including two fragments of overhanging
rim kraters (Fig. 8: P.04/145 and P.04/223),


Fig. 7. Examples of Hellenistic and Early Roman fine tablewares from the dump
(Drawing K. Jakubiak)

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