Tell el-Dab’a XIII

Typologie und Chronologie der Mergel C-Ton Keramik. Materialien zum Binnenhandel des Mittleren Reiches und der Zweiten Zwischenzeit

by Bettina Bader

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Extent: 249 pages

Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Series: Denkschrift der Gesamtakademie

Series volume number: 19

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(December 2001)

ISBN: 9783700129721

Price: $66.00

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Marl C pottery is found at a large number of sites in Egypt, particularly in the Memphis-Fayoum region from which such pottery is presumed to originate. It is as is well-known, a good indicator of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, but in this analysis of shapes, find places and chronological discussion it becomes obvious that Marl C was also utilised both in earlier and later periods, and for a wider variety of vessel types than previously realised. Beginning with the description of Marl C clays and a discussion of their geographical origins, this monograph continues with a catalogue of all known Marl C pottery types. The majority of the vessels illustrated derive from graves, temple precincts and settlements areas at Tell el-DabA’s, with further examples drawn from Memphis/Kom Rabi’a, Lisht and Dahschur. That such pottery is also found in Sinai, other parts of Egypt and Nubia points to a complex system of internal trade which is also touched upon in this study.

  • By (author) Bettina Bader