Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (17.2005(2007))

NAQLUN

EGYPT

Naqlun (Nd.02.080 and Nd.02.091). The
walls were slightly flaring, but the rim was
tooled similarly. A similar vessel came
from room D.10/D.1, dated cautiously by
the pottery from the occupational level to
the second half of the 8th-early 12th
century.1'’ Somewhat similar forms include:
Kubiak 16G (smaller, flat bottom) dated to
the 10th-11th century and Kubiak 18E
(rounded wall) from the 10th century.14
Fragmentarily preserved amphorae
appear to belong to four types. Amphorae
Nd.05.159-Nd.05.l63 are seemingly
a homogeneous group. Made of Nile silt,
they have a not very high, slightly flaring
neck, weak tape rim and small round
handles on sloping shoulders gently passing
into a bag-shaped body resembling form
Kubiak 3B (with less sloping shoulders),
connected with a 10th-11th century or
rather 9th century context; also Kubiak 4B
(with ribbing) of the 10th- 11th century, or
else Kubiak 5D (with more flaring neck) of
the 11th century or later.15 Gempeler K768
looks similar (with fine ribbing on the
shoulders), dated to the 7th/8th century.16
Amphorae discovered in leveling layers in
sector B at Naqlun demonstrate similar
forming of the rim, neck and handies,
although the body is more bulging and
covered with ribbing; they are dated to the
8th-9th century.1" A similar shape of the
handles and body is found on an amphora
from rooms D.5-D.7, belonging to a pottery
assemblage dated to the period from the

8th to the 12th century.18 Amphorae
Nd.05.159-Nd.05.l63 can be dated to the
9th century.
Amphora Nd.05.200, of Nile silt, is
a slightly different variant of the form,
featuring a flat rim, virtually vertical neck
with small, narrow and flat shoulders and
small round handles at the turn of the
shoulders and body. It resembles amphora
Nd.01.246.
Amphora Nd.05.l64 has a high, vir-
tually vertical neck, tape rim and large
vertical handles. The proportions are very
much like Levantine amphorae from the end
of the 7th and early 8th century.
Bottle Nd.05.140 is distinctive in its
category. Made of Nile silt, it has a flaring
profiled rim with offset and a fairly long
neck that narrows toward the top. The
shoulders are narrow and almost flat, passing
into an almost cylindrical body. The neck
and shoulders bear a band of white paint
decorated with a wavy incised linear
ornament. Vessels of similar shape although
with a generally broader and straight rim
was popular from the 8th to the 10th
century. A similar neck is seen on Gempeler
T734, a shape that has not been fully
reconstructed, originating from Elephantine
from layers of the 6th/7th century and
later.10 Jars with a rim of this shape but
with a narrower neck and bag-shaped body
were found at Tod in layers of the 8th
century and later.20 The rim is interesting
because of its uncommon shape, seen both

13 W. Godlewski, T. Derda, T. Gorecki, "Deir el Naqlun (Nekloni), 1988-1989, Second Preliminary Report", Nubica III/l
(1994), 201-263.
14 See note 6 above.
15 See note 6 above.
16 Gempeler, op. cit., 200, PI. 129.5.
17 Gorecki, PAM IV, op. cit., 60-61; T. Gorecki, PAM XII. Reports 2000 (2001), 166.
18 Godlewski, Derda, Gorecki, op. cit., 231 -
19 Gempeler, op. cit., 137, PI. 78.4.
20 G. Lecuyot, G. Pierrat-Bonnefois, "Corpus de la ceramique de Tod. Fouilles 1980-1983 et 1990", CCE (2004), 19V

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