Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (18.2006(2008))

OLD DONGOLA

SUDAN

different forms occurring together in the
Early Christian period was uncovered in the
Dar el-Arab fort on the Fourth Cataract
(Bagihska forthcoming).
MONASTERY CHURCH - AREA 17
(fill behind south wall of church)
Miniature plate (red ware) of very good
quality [Fig. l:h], 6th/7th century AD.
Recorded in the palace toilet depository
(B.I.15) on Kom A in Old Dongola, where
it is dated to the 7th century.
Plate (grey ware) with ledge rim deco-
rated with overlapping red-colored arches,
7 th century AD [Fig. 1:ϊ].
Oil lamp (red ware) with loop handle
(lost) and air hole [Fig. l:j\. Very good
quality lamp from the Early Christian
period, style N III (Ware R5) (Adams 1986:
481-482, Fig. 273/P). An identical lamp
was discovered in the palace toilet depos-
itory (B.I.15) on Kom A in Old Dongola,
where it is dated to the 7th century.
Amphora [Fig. l:k], preserved rim
fragment (red ware) with incurved edge
typical of amphorae produced in Old
Dongola (kiln R1 B), 6th-7th century AD
(Pluskota 2001: 362-364, Fig. 9/A).
Imitation of Aswan production, Gempeler
form K 722, from the 5th to the 7th
century (1992: 192, Abb. 124.2; see also
Bagihska 2005: 476-480, amphora type
107, 6th-7th century AD).
Bottle (beer jar type) with deep red slip
and an ornament of yellow dots forming
triangles on the rim [Fig. 1:1]. 6th/7th
century, connections with Aiwa jars (Ware
H2) (Adams 1986: 423-424, Fig. 250/36w).
MONASTERY CHURCH - AREA 19
(debris layer above graves G5 and G6)
Exploration of the area to the southeast of
the main body of the church building

yielded numerous examples of Early
Christian wheel-made pottery from the
6th-7th century and sherds from the
Classic period (mid 9th-12th century).
Cup [Fig. 3.'d, fragmentarily preserved
(gray ware), decorated with two grooved
lines on the lower body. Quality piece from
the Early Christian period.
Small bowls [Fig. 3:b], fragment with
two concentric brown stripes on the bottom
(gray ware), Early Christian period (7th
century) (Adams 1986: 306, Fig. 158/26).
Large plate [Fig. 2:a], fragmentarily
preserved, ledge rim decorated in red and
black vine wreath frieze, Classic Christian
period , style N IV (Adams 1986: 313,
Fig. 165/9).
Plate [Fig. 2:b] with ledge rim (red
ware), fragment, decorated with a brown
vine wreath frieze and stamped ornaments
(crosses, circles), Classic Christian period,
style N IV (Adams 1986: 320-321,
Figs 172-173).
Plate [Fig. 2:c] with ledge rim (red ware)
decorated with a black vine wreath frieze
ornament and stamped motifs (10-petalled
rosettes), Classic Christian period, style N
IV (Adams 1986: 313, Fig. 165).
Plate [Fig. 2:d}, ledge rim (red ware),
fragment decorated with white overlapping
arches on the rim, 7th century AD.
Plate [Fig. 3 :a], fragment (grey ware),
decorated with central stamped ornaments
composed of circles and rhombuses with
inscribed crosses, Early Christian period
(7th century), style N III.
Vase [Fig. 3:d], modeled rim (red ware)
featuring stamped decoration in the form
of circles and rhombuses with inscribed
crosses. Form and decoration typical of
the Early Classic period in the 7th century
AD, style N III (Adams 1986: 307,
Fig. 159).

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