Egyptian Ceramics Liaison Bulletin 32.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 30765 |
| Format | 16.5 X 24.5 |
| Détails | 320 p., bound. Numerous ill. and figures. bound. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724710182 |
This new issue of the Egyptian Ceramics Liaison Bulletin ( BCE 32) presents in a first part the latest research with its "Regional Journey". It is enriched again this year with the contribution of archaeological works which highlight the question of ceramic production and pottery workshops. The first article is a synthesis which combines chrono-typological analyses and petrographic analyses of ceramic productions from the Marmarica region in limestone clay for the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (cf. Möller, Rieger, Vetter , Toniolo, Nicolay ). The second article describes the Roman-era ceramic kilns of the El-Hayz oasis south of Bahariya (cf. Kučová, Weissová, Musil ).
The other contributions present specific ceramic furniture following a geographical order. The first concerns the Mareotic of the wells, where systematic prospecting has uncovered a collection of shards well dated from the end of the Old Kingdom, thus highlighting the ancient occupation of the western part of this region (cf. Simony, Pichot ). The second article offers ceramic assemblages from the Ottoman period from the excavations of the walls of Cairo. The publication of ceramic furniture from this period, often little studied and published in Egypt, is always appreciated (cf. Monchamp ). A third contribution provides us with specific late-Hellenistic ceramic furniture dated from the 1st century BC unearthed in the village of Philoteris in Fayoum. The archaeological context of its discovery is exceptional. Indeed, the ceramics come from the excavation of the first gymnasium of Greek tradition unearthed in Egypt (cf. Hartmann ). The following article illustrates the theme of regional ceramic development between the end of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period with the furniture from the site of Herakleopolis Magna/Ehnasya el-Medina in Middle Egypt (cf. Bader ). The next two articles concern the sector of the Theban necropolis on the west bank with ceramic funerary furniture from the New Kingdom. The first presents ceramic assemblages dated to the end of the 18th Dynasty from the tombs of Wadi Bahariya (cf. Abdelmonein ). The second offers a series of four vases from tombs of Wadi 300. These decorated pitchers belong to a well-known ceramic production dated to the beginning of the 18th Dynasty. The question of their reuse at a later period as canopic jars arises, as proven by the hieratic inscriptions with the names of "the four sons of Horus" visible on three of them (cf. Eissa ). The last article in the first part of the volume concerns the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa near Aswan. It presents the ceramic furniture contemporary with the construction of the tomb of Serenput I , governor in the Middle Kingdom during the reign of Sesostris I during the 12th dynasty (cf. Lopez Muñoz ).
The second part of the book offers a contribution on local handmade Meroitic ceramics, belonging to the ceramic group black-burnished, discovered in the cemetery of Faras in northern Nubia in present-day Sudan. This is an in-depth technical study, combined with petrographic and chemical analyses. It reminds us of the diversity and complexity of so-called "handmade" ceramics, which are often unfairly misunderstood (cf. Kilroe, Spataro ).
This new issue of the Egyptian Ceramics Liaison Bulletin ( BCE 32) presents in a first part the latest research with its "Regional Journey". It is enriched again this year with the contribution of archaeological works which highlight the question of ceramic production and pottery workshops. The first article is a synthesis which combines chrono-typological analyses and petrographic analyses of ceramic productions from the Marmarica region in limestone clay for the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (cf. Möller, Rieger, Vetter , Toniolo, Nicolay ). The second article describes the Roman-era ceramic kilns of the El-Hayz oasis south of Bahariya (cf. Kučová, Weissová, Musil ).
The other contributions present specific ceramic furniture following a geographical order. The first concerns the Mareotic of the wells, where systematic prospecting has uncovered a collection of shards well dated from the end of the Old Kingdom, thus highlighting the ancient occupation of the western part of this region (cf. Simony, Pichot ). The second article offers ceramic assemblages from the Ottoman period from the excavations of the walls of Cairo. The publication of ceramic furniture from this period, often little studied and published in Egypt, is always appreciated (cf. Monchamp ). A third contribution provides us with specific late-Hellenistic ceramic furniture dated from the 1st century BC unearthed in the village of Philoteris in Fayoum. The archaeological context of its discovery is exceptional. Indeed, the ceramics come from the excavation of the first gymnasium of Greek tradition unearthed in Egypt (cf. Hartmann ). The following article illustrates the theme of regional ceramic development between the end of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period with the furniture from the site of Herakleopolis Magna/Ehnasya el-Medina in Middle Egypt (cf. Bader ). The next two articles concern the sector of the Theban necropolis on the west bank with ceramic funerary furniture from the New Kingdom. The first presents ceramic assemblages dated to the end of the 18th Dynasty from the tombs of Wadi Bahariya (cf. Abdelmonein ). The second offers a series of four vases from tombs of Wadi 300. These decorated pitchers belong to a well-known ceramic production dated to the beginning of the 18th Dynasty. The question of their reuse at a later period as canopic jars arises, as proven by the hieratic inscriptions with the names of "the four sons of Horus" visible on three of them (cf. Eissa ). The last article in the first part of the volume concerns the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa near Aswan. It presents the ceramic furniture contemporary with the construction of the tomb of Serenput I , governor in the Middle Kingdom during the reign of Sesostris I during the 12th dynasty (cf. Lopez Muñoz ).
The second part of the book offers a contribution on local handmade Meroitic ceramics, belonging to the ceramic group black-burnished, discovered in the cemetery of Faras in northern Nubia in present-day Sudan. This is an in-depth technical study, combined with petrographic and chemical analyses. It reminds us of the diversity and complexity of so-called "handmade" ceramics, which are often unfairly misunderstood (cf. Kilroe, Spataro ).