RT Article
T1 A Hellenistic Household Ceramic Assemblage from Tell el-Timai (Thmuis), Egypt: A Contextual View
JF Bulletin of ASOR
IS 376
SP 199
OP 244
A1 Hudson, Nicholas
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1577303784
AB Large deposits of domestic pottery from primary contexts in Ptolemaic Lower Egypt are uncommon and seldom presented in their entirety. This article presents four primary deposits from the destruction level of a late third/early second-century structure at Tell el-Timai in the Nile Delta (ancient Thmuis). The architectural setting for the deposits is presented, followed by presentations of each deposit in its entirety, organized by functional classifications. Analyses of the deposits are then used to suggest behavioral possibilities, with particular attention to bread baking and drinking activities. This is followed by a discussion of the nature of the total assemblage within the context of Egyptian pottery studies and an explication of how the assemblage can be understood as part of the broader region of the Levant during the Hellenistic period.
K1 Classification
K1 Egypt
K1 EGYPTIAN pottery
K1 Egyptian bread production
K1 Hellenism
K1 HELLENISTIC Period, Greece, 323-146 B.C
K1 Hellenistic Egypt
K1 Hellenistic pottery
K1 Nile Delta
K1 Taverns (Inns)
K1 Thmuis/Tell el-Timai
K1 household assemblages
K1 taverns
DO 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.376.0199