Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (18.2006(2008))

MtoM - MEROWE SHERIQ, TANQASI, ZUMA

SUDAN

in the early 5th century and developing
through the first half of the 6th century.
Similar vessels are known from the
cemeteries in Jebel Gaddar (El-Tayeb
1994), Hammur (Philips, El-Tayeb 2003),
Kassinger Bahri (Kolosowska, El-Tayeb
2003: 122-125), Abu Haraz and el-Zuma
(El-Tayeb 2005 and pers. comm.).
However, the tumulus excavated in
Tanqasi yielded none of the very
characteristic vessels with painted deco-
ration, either bowls or cups, with one or
more horizontal grooves under the rim or on
the body, all of which are known from Jebel
Gaddar (El-Tayeb 1994: Fig. 2, Tl/i, Tl/k),

Hammur (Philips, El-Tayeb 2003: with
grooves - Pis 1, 2a, 4a-f, h, 8b, painted -
PI. 8a), Kassinger Bahri (Kolosowska,
El-Tayeb 2003: with grooves — Fig. 5b,d,e,
painted — Fig. 5d), Zuma (El-Tayeb 2005:
Fig. 8 and pers. comm.).
HANDMADE VESSELS
Handmade pottery from the Tanqasi tomb
includes nine complete or recomposed
bottles and cooking bowls, and one vessel
preserved in fragments.
Bottles ('beer jars'), which had their
beginnings in the Meroitic period and
which were very popular in post-Meroitic


Fig. 15. Vessels from the fill of the shaft of tumulus tomb Tnq.87: goblet (1), bottle (2) and open
bowl with stamped rim (3)

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