Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (16.2004(2005))

TELL LARAMA

EGYPT

which could be dated to the 1st century
AD, again confirming the mixed nature of
the deposit. Bowls were the most popular
form of coarse ware.
Another category of objects meriting
consideration are the pottery stamps. Added
to our 12 amphorae stamps from a rubbish
dump in front of the western parodos, is an
interesting set excavated earlier in the
orchestra area by the Egyptian team of

Dr. Mohammad Abdel Sarnie. All of the
stamps appeared to be of 3rd and 2nd cen-
tury BC date and the readable ones proved
to be of Rhodian origin. Obviously, they
must have shared the fate of the Hellenistic
pottery assemblage from the theater, mean-
ing that they had been discarded in the
ruins along with other rubbish, presumably
from some kind of earthworks being carried
out in the vicinity in late Roman times.


P.04/86 Dia. 18 cm P.04/135 Dia. 22 cm


Fig. 8. Examples of Hellenistic and Early Roman plain and cooking wares, and storage
containers from the dump (Drawing K. Jakubiak)

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