Der Depotfund aus den älteren Bauten auf der südlichen Terrasse des spätantik/koptischen Klosters Deir el-Bachît (Pauloskloster) in Theben-West
In room no. 10 of the monastery Deir el-Bakhît a small room (10A) of a former building phase came to light. The room has a size of 1.75 × 1.00 metres and contained three vessels. One container, consisting of mud and covered by a lid, enclosed eleven bottles, flasks and jars of pottery, a bottle of g...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | German |
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Harrassowitz
[2017]
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Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo
Year: 2016, Volume: 72, Pages: 31-53 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Copts
/ Coptic art
/ Hoard
/ Monastery
/ Vessel
/ Oil
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HH Archaeology |
| Summary: | In room no. 10 of the monastery Deir el-Bakhît a small room (10A) of a former building phase came to light. The room has a size of 1.75 × 1.00 metres and contained three vessels. One container, consisting of mud and covered by a lid, enclosed eleven bottles, flasks and jars of pottery, a bottle of glass and a small basket. Some wooden implements were reconstructed as the lid of the basket. A part of the vessels was affixed with an iron chain and connected with a long rope. As the pottery showed remains of substances similar to resin and oil, they were interpreted as containers for a kind of anointing oil. The basket has been filled with a blackish tough-flowing resinlike substance, too, which shows traces of being effused. Yellow pigments have also been found in the mud container. Therefore, it can be assumed that the container was not just a depository for the vessels with anointing oil, but that the production of those substances also took place nearby. An iron nail and a tool, which can be interpreted as a chisel, served possibly for the subsequent enlargement of the mouth of the vessels. Of special interest is a small wooden diptych, wrapped with a leather band and closed by a decorated book fastening. The diptych was probably painted with two icons at the inner faces, because of the oval contour of some coloured remains. Diptycha of this small size were mainly used for private devotion and therefore, it is rather an object which provides insight into the person who worked in the production of the anointing oil substances and who probably carried the diptych with himself. Due to the pottery forms, the deposition of the vessels and the other objects can be dated into the second half of the 8th century AD at the earliest. Respectively, the latest building phases of room no. 10 can be dated merely after this time. In these phases, the room no. 10 has been enlarged and two floors have been built, which covered the three containers of room 10A completely. |
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| ISSN: | 0342-1279 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Abteilung Kairo, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo
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