DOI Artikel:
Myśliwiec, Karol: Tell Atrib 1994
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26424#0043
Spherical cups with a high vertical rim are the most numerous in
this group. The relief decoration consists of floral elements framing
a series of figural scenes running around the body. Frontal
representations of divinities sometimes appear among these figural
scenes. On the best preserved vessel Serapis, Harpokrates and Isis
are depicted among the divinities. Some of the fragments indicate
that vessels of larger size and more elaborate shape also occurred.
One of the fragments with a fine bust of Sarapis in high relief is
characterized by a concave surface on the back of the relief
indicating a larger vessel of untypical shape. It may have been a
fragment of a richly decorated rhyton, similar to vessels evidenced
in earlier seasons of the excavations. This suggestion is supported
by a striking similarity in style and texture between the head of
Sarapis and that of a bearded Dionysos from the protome of a
rhyton discovered earlier in the adjacent square DDD. A small
fragment of a different vessel from this group, characterized by
considerably thicker walls, bears a relief representation of a
female head with a hairdo <??? presumably a depiction of one
of the Alexandrian queens.
It is noteworthy that in the layer dated to the first half of
the Ptolemaic period several chips, sometimes of considerable size,
of a soft greenish-yellow rock were found. This marl stone was
definitely imported to Athribis from another region. Its presence
confirms the production of elegant "marl clay" vessels in local
workshops.
In the next layers which are dated to Middle Kingdom and
Early Ptolemaic times, particularly in the southeastern part of
square CCC, the remains of small round kilns were uncovered.
Their construction as well as the nature of the finds from their
vicinity indicate that the kilns were used to bake bead. The finds
included two miniature clay models of bread loaves decorated with
a stamp in the form of a rosette. One of these models was fired,
the other was not. A few fragments of terracotta forms for
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this group. The relief decoration consists of floral elements framing
a series of figural scenes running around the body. Frontal
representations of divinities sometimes appear among these figural
scenes. On the best preserved vessel Serapis, Harpokrates and Isis
are depicted among the divinities. Some of the fragments indicate
that vessels of larger size and more elaborate shape also occurred.
One of the fragments with a fine bust of Sarapis in high relief is
characterized by a concave surface on the back of the relief
indicating a larger vessel of untypical shape. It may have been a
fragment of a richly decorated rhyton, similar to vessels evidenced
in earlier seasons of the excavations. This suggestion is supported
by a striking similarity in style and texture between the head of
Sarapis and that of a bearded Dionysos from the protome of a
rhyton discovered earlier in the adjacent square DDD. A small
fragment of a different vessel from this group, characterized by
considerably thicker walls, bears a relief representation of a
female head with a hairdo <??? presumably a depiction of one
of the Alexandrian queens.
It is noteworthy that in the layer dated to the first half of
the Ptolemaic period several chips, sometimes of considerable size,
of a soft greenish-yellow rock were found. This marl stone was
definitely imported to Athribis from another region. Its presence
confirms the production of elegant "marl clay" vessels in local
workshops.
In the next layers which are dated to Middle Kingdom and
Early Ptolemaic times, particularly in the southeastern part of
square CCC, the remains of small round kilns were uncovered.
Their construction as well as the nature of the finds from their
vicinity indicate that the kilns were used to bake bead. The finds
included two miniature clay models of bread loaves decorated with
a stamp in the form of a rosette. One of these models was fired,
the other was not. A few fragments of terracotta forms for
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