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Regional typological variation: An example of early Middle Kingdom pottery assemblages from zone 9 at Dayr al-Barshā

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The First Intermediate Period and early Middle Kingdom ceramic repertoire is characterised by allegedly northern and southern type jars. As a transitional area, Middle Egypt offers interesting opportunities to study the spatial distribution and interaction of these vessel types. Very little is currently known about their presence and variation at Dayr al-Barshā, however, one of the sites in this area. This article will discuss some preliminary results of the ceramic study and its contexts of several assemblages from zone 9, a First Intermediate Period to early Middle Kingdom cemetery in the desert plain in front of the governors’ tombs. Both jars with cylindrical necks (typically northern shapes) and bag-shaped vessels (typically southern shapes) are attested in these burials, suggesting that vessel types from both the northern and southern regions were present at Dayr al-Barshā. Most striking, however, is the apparent lack of other typically northern and southern shapes: jars with conical necks and jars with undulating rims respectively. In comparison to known pottery from the neighbouring sites Banī Ḥasan and Asyūṭ, the zone 9 assemblages seem to display a markedly different composition of pottery jar types.
Boek: Remove that pyramid! Studies on the Archaeology and History of Predynastic and Pharaonic Egypt in Honour of Stan Hendrickx
Pagina's: 237 - 267
ISBN:9789042942554
Jaar van publicatie:2021
Toegankelijkheid:Embargoed