DOI article:
Myśliwiec, Karol: Polish-Egyptian excavations at Tell Atrib in 1990
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partly contracted rim and an amphora handle with a round stamp containing just two
large Greek letters: $1.
Several pottery wasters found in this stratum prove that the excavated quarter
of Athribis was a center for ceramic production as early as the end of the Dynastic
period and the very beginning of the Ptolemaic period.
A large deposit of Early Ptolemaic (Ptolemy II and Ptolemy III) unfired ceramic
vessels (Fig. 1) was unearthed below the walls of room 127, which were dismantled in the
course of our work in order to study the pottery. The discovery of the deposit allowed
us to establish a repertory of ceramic pots which were produced in the local workshops
Tell Altib 1990
P10CC9 «xplor«d earlier
v Places lo be axptortd
Fig, 1. Early Ptolemaic deposit of unfired pottery, found in Room 127.
during the 3r^ and in the first half of the 2*^ century B.C.. Beside the most frequent
forms, such as curved rim bowls and plates with flattened edge, there were also some
closed forms, e.g. painted jugs and globular pots without handies, decorated with
patches hanging down from a white band, garlands and geometrical patterns, as well as
large-size amphorae.
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large Greek letters: $1.
Several pottery wasters found in this stratum prove that the excavated quarter
of Athribis was a center for ceramic production as early as the end of the Dynastic
period and the very beginning of the Ptolemaic period.
A large deposit of Early Ptolemaic (Ptolemy II and Ptolemy III) unfired ceramic
vessels (Fig. 1) was unearthed below the walls of room 127, which were dismantled in the
course of our work in order to study the pottery. The discovery of the deposit allowed
us to establish a repertory of ceramic pots which were produced in the local workshops
Tell Altib 1990
P10CC9 «xplor«d earlier
v Places lo be axptortd
Fig, 1. Early Ptolemaic deposit of unfired pottery, found in Room 127.
during the 3r^ and in the first half of the 2*^ century B.C.. Beside the most frequent
forms, such as curved rim bowls and plates with flattened edge, there were also some
closed forms, e.g. painted jugs and globular pots without handies, decorated with
patches hanging down from a white band, garlands and geometrical patterns, as well as
large-size amphorae.
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