Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (18.2006(2008))

NAQLUN

EGYPT

COOKING POTS
Cooking pottery constitutes a big and varied
group. The forms are quite differentiated
and they make up a sizable percentage of the
ceramics from the hermitage.
Cooking pot Nd 05.167 ( + Nd.06.015)
{Fig. 3]
Nile silt. Big with flat, everted, double-
grooved rim, slightly inclined neck, sloping
shoulders and bulging body. The upper part
of the vessel is decorated with a broad wide
band on the rim and neck, and another one
in the middle of the body; irregular white
dots are sandwiched in between. Similar
vessels have been found at Tebtynis, in
a layer dated to the 6th century (Rousset,
Marchand, Foy 2001: PI. 10.g).
Cooking pot Nd.05.186
Nile silt. Tape rim, beveled inwardly, weak
inclined neck, and sloping shoulders.
Similar pots (one of them Nd.91.095) were
discovered in Hermitages 25 and 89-
Cooking pot Nd.05.189
Nile silt. Simple flaring rim and very
sloping shoulders.
Similar vessels come from a 6th-century
layer at Tebtynis (Rousset, Marchand, Foy
2001: PI. 8.i).
Cooking pot Nd.06.0l4
Nile silt. Prominent tape rim, strongly
beveled inwardly, short inclined neck,
sloping shoulders and globular body with
fine ribbing.
Similar vessels were discovered in
Elephantine in layers of the 6th/7th
century (Gempeler 1992: PI. 99)·
Cooking pot Nd.06.167
Nile silt. Beveled, inward-leaning rim and
rounded walls covered with fine ribbing.
Similar vessel (Nd.90.077) discovered in

room C of Hermitage 89, in a 6th-7th
century context. At Kellia such pots (type
115) are dated to AD 390-750 (deposit N
from structure 1, dated to AD 550-570,
and deposit O from AD 390-750, Egloff
1977: Vol. 2, Pis 108 and 109), while in
nearby Tebtynis it is not earlier than the
6th century (Rousset, Marchand, Foy
2001: PI. ll.c).
Cooking pot Nd.06.179
Nile silt. Simple everted rim and sloping
shoulders.
Vessels Nd.06.282, Nd.06.286 and
Nd.06.339 had a similar shape, simple and
uncomplicated, which remained in use for
quite a long time. The bin in room B.l of
Hermitage 25 in Naqlun yielded a pot of
this kind from a 7th century context.
Similar vessels from Elephantine have been
dated rather early to the third quarter of the
4th century (Gempeler 1992: PI. 92.4), at
Tebtynis to the middle of the 7th century
(Rousset, Marchand, Foy 2001: PI. 14.1),
while at Tod they are from AD 875-1000
(Pierrat, Lecuyot 2004: 185 and 189)·
Cooking pot Nd.06.320 {Fig- 3}
Nile silt. Strongly inward sloping rim, cut
flat on top, very narrow shoulders and
almost vertical body walls with fine
regular ribbing. A similar vessel
(Nd.90.045) comes from Room C of
Hermitage 89, from a 6th-7th century
context. Pots of this kind have also been
found at Tebtynis, in 6th century layers
(Rousset, Marchand, Foy 2001: PI. 9-e).
Cooking pot Nd.06.639 {Fig- 3]
Nile silt. Short vertical neck with rim
beveled inward at slight angle, fine
ribbing on sloping shoulders, globular
body and vertical handles. Broken wavy
line painted in white on the shoulders,
three white dots above it.

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