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NAQLUN
EGYPT
NAQLUN 2005
POTTERY DEPOSIT FROM ROOM G.8A
Magdalena Zurek
Room G.8a of Building G, where a pottery
deposit was excavated in 2005,1 is a small
space opening to the south with a small
arched opening situated low in the west
wall. The architecture and finds have sup-
ported the interpretation of this room as
a toilet.
The room was filled with a compact
layer of pottery exceeding 50 cm in thick-
ness. Interestingly, there were no glazed
ceramics among the finds. The vessels are
incomplete except for a few examples. They
represent mainly bag-shaped amphorae or
bottles (especially bottoms and necks). The
following can be distinguished: nine bag-
shaped amphorae, upper parts; one bottle,
upper part; three bag-shaped bottles, upper
parts; 30 bases of amphorae or bottles; at
least six bodies of bag-shaped bottles and
one complete vessel; three qullas (including
a complete one; nine plates; six cooking
pots; one qadus; one basin; five bowls. The
material appears to be fairly homogeneous,
especially the amphorae and bottles which
look like they belong to a single type.
Plate Nd.05.106, made of Nile silt, is of
the Egyptian Late Roman type: big, fairly
deep, with everted rim (Dia. 34.0 cm),
strongly flaring walls, ring base (Dia.
13.4 cm) and massive bottom. The form is
similar to that of a plate found in sector S.3
(Nd.05.323), room AA.20.1 (Nd.00.017)
and Mausoleum 1 (Nd.02.184). The
ceramic assemblage from the latter spot has
been dated by the present author to the
10th - early 11th century.2 Similar plates
with flatter rim were found in Tebtynis, in
a layer from the second half of the 9th - early
10th century.3 Similar plates from Ele-
phantine are dated to the second half of the
7th through the 8th/9th century.4
Plate Nd.05.l42, fragmentarily pres-
erved, is made of Nile silt, big (Dia.
38.0 cm), with everted rim and poor
tectonics. It resembles to some extent plates
found earlier in Sector D (Nd.92.285,
Nd.92.274). The group it belongs to
includes shallow plates with flat everted
rims, typical of the 9th-10th century.
Plate Nd.05.138, also fragmentarily
preserved and made of Nile silt, is deep, big
(Dia. 44.0 cm), with obliquely cut and
incurving rim decorated with a white band,
and S-shaped body section. Plates from
rooms AA.40.4 (Nd.00.583, 8th-early 9th
century) and street A/E (Nd.00.445, 9th
century) have a similar body shape, while
the rim is like that of a plate from room
AA.40.4 (Nd.00.584, 7th-8th century).5
Body walls are similarly shaped but less
1 See W. Godlewski's report in this volume.
2 Unpublished report from Sector A/E for the year 2002.
3 S. Marchand, M.-O. Rosset, "Secteur nord de Tebtynis (Fayyoum). Mission de 1999", Anlsl 34 (2000), PI. 42.
4 R. Gempeler, Die Keramik romischer bis friiharabischer Zeit, Elephantine X (Mainz am Rhein 1992), 66, PI. 9.11.
5 Unpublished report by the author.
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EGYPT
NAQLUN 2005
POTTERY DEPOSIT FROM ROOM G.8A
Magdalena Zurek
Room G.8a of Building G, where a pottery
deposit was excavated in 2005,1 is a small
space opening to the south with a small
arched opening situated low in the west
wall. The architecture and finds have sup-
ported the interpretation of this room as
a toilet.
The room was filled with a compact
layer of pottery exceeding 50 cm in thick-
ness. Interestingly, there were no glazed
ceramics among the finds. The vessels are
incomplete except for a few examples. They
represent mainly bag-shaped amphorae or
bottles (especially bottoms and necks). The
following can be distinguished: nine bag-
shaped amphorae, upper parts; one bottle,
upper part; three bag-shaped bottles, upper
parts; 30 bases of amphorae or bottles; at
least six bodies of bag-shaped bottles and
one complete vessel; three qullas (including
a complete one; nine plates; six cooking
pots; one qadus; one basin; five bowls. The
material appears to be fairly homogeneous,
especially the amphorae and bottles which
look like they belong to a single type.
Plate Nd.05.106, made of Nile silt, is of
the Egyptian Late Roman type: big, fairly
deep, with everted rim (Dia. 34.0 cm),
strongly flaring walls, ring base (Dia.
13.4 cm) and massive bottom. The form is
similar to that of a plate found in sector S.3
(Nd.05.323), room AA.20.1 (Nd.00.017)
and Mausoleum 1 (Nd.02.184). The
ceramic assemblage from the latter spot has
been dated by the present author to the
10th - early 11th century.2 Similar plates
with flatter rim were found in Tebtynis, in
a layer from the second half of the 9th - early
10th century.3 Similar plates from Ele-
phantine are dated to the second half of the
7th through the 8th/9th century.4
Plate Nd.05.l42, fragmentarily pres-
erved, is made of Nile silt, big (Dia.
38.0 cm), with everted rim and poor
tectonics. It resembles to some extent plates
found earlier in Sector D (Nd.92.285,
Nd.92.274). The group it belongs to
includes shallow plates with flat everted
rims, typical of the 9th-10th century.
Plate Nd.05.138, also fragmentarily
preserved and made of Nile silt, is deep, big
(Dia. 44.0 cm), with obliquely cut and
incurving rim decorated with a white band,
and S-shaped body section. Plates from
rooms AA.40.4 (Nd.00.583, 8th-early 9th
century) and street A/E (Nd.00.445, 9th
century) have a similar body shape, while
the rim is like that of a plate from room
AA.40.4 (Nd.00.584, 7th-8th century).5
Body walls are similarly shaped but less
1 See W. Godlewski's report in this volume.
2 Unpublished report from Sector A/E for the year 2002.
3 S. Marchand, M.-O. Rosset, "Secteur nord de Tebtynis (Fayyoum). Mission de 1999", Anlsl 34 (2000), PI. 42.
4 R. Gempeler, Die Keramik romischer bis friiharabischer Zeit, Elephantine X (Mainz am Rhein 1992), 66, PI. 9.11.
5 Unpublished report by the author.
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