BANGANARTI
SUDAN
presumed to be a magical inscription,
painted in brown [Figs ll:a; 10:d]F The
bowl itself is a typical example of post-
Classic style N V and may be dated to
AD 1000-1200 (Adams 1986: 500,
Fig. 282/c22).
Of the wheel-made storage wares, one
should mention the qadus water pots, pre-
served mostly as knob-shaped bases,
sometimes with an intentional pre-firing
mark, to which the ropes tying the pot to
the saqiyah wheel were attached [Fig. ll:h\.
Fig. 10. Selected tableware from the 2006 season of excavations in Banganarti
(Photo A. Oles'-Niedzielska)
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The text is being studied by A. Lajtar of the
University of Warsaw Department of Papyrology.
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SUDAN
presumed to be a magical inscription,
painted in brown [Figs ll:a; 10:d]F The
bowl itself is a typical example of post-
Classic style N V and may be dated to
AD 1000-1200 (Adams 1986: 500,
Fig. 282/c22).
Of the wheel-made storage wares, one
should mention the qadus water pots, pre-
served mostly as knob-shaped bases,
sometimes with an intentional pre-firing
mark, to which the ropes tying the pot to
the saqiyah wheel were attached [Fig. ll:h\.
Fig. 10. Selected tableware from the 2006 season of excavations in Banganarti
(Photo A. Oles'-Niedzielska)
3
The text is being studied by A. Lajtar of the
University of Warsaw Department of Papyrology.
423