Bread Mould Potmarks from a Protodynastic and Early Dynastic Site in the Nile Delta, Egypt

This article focuses on potmarks from the Western, Eastern and Central Koms of the Tell el-Farkha site. They date back to the Protodynastic and Early Dynastic periods (up until the 1st Dynasty) and are associated with Phases 4 and 5 of the settlement. 91 of the potmarks have been identified and ana...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5381749ffc2f4c21a85f61c5b82600892021-11-27T13:19:39ZBread Mould Potmarks from a Protodynastic and Early Dynastic Site in the Nile Delta, Egypt10.12797/SAAC.18.2014.18.051899-15482449-867Xhttps://doaj.org/article/5381749ffc2f4c21a85f61c5b82600892014-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/3081https://doaj.org/toc/1899-1548https://doaj.org/toc/2449-867X This article focuses on potmarks from the Western, Eastern and Central Koms of the Tell el-Farkha site. They date back to the Protodynastic and Early Dynastic periods (up until the 1st Dynasty) and are associated with Phases 4 and 5 of the settlement. 91 of the potmarks have been identified and analysed. They were all incised on wet clay and covered either the inside or outside walls of bread moulds. 16 categories of patterns have been distinguished: cross, criss-cross, vertical and horizontal line combination, horizontal line, vertical line, curvilinear line, rectangular-like shape, animal-like shape, plant-like shape, star-like shape, arch-like shape, radial wheel shape, strokes on the rim, V-shaped sign, circle and semi-circle. Magdalena SobasKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticlepotmarksProtodynastic and Early Dynastic Egyptian potteryTell el-Farkha settlementAncient historyD51-90History of the artsNX440-632ENFRStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, Vol 18 (2014)
institution DOAJ
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language EN
FR
topic potmarks
Protodynastic and Early Dynastic Egyptian pottery
Tell el-Farkha settlement
Ancient history
D51-90
History of the arts
NX440-632
spellingShingle potmarks
Protodynastic and Early Dynastic Egyptian pottery
Tell el-Farkha settlement
Ancient history
D51-90
History of the arts
NX440-632
Magdalena Sobas
Bread Mould Potmarks from a Protodynastic and Early Dynastic Site in the Nile Delta, Egypt
description This article focuses on potmarks from the Western, Eastern and Central Koms of the Tell el-Farkha site. They date back to the Protodynastic and Early Dynastic periods (up until the 1st Dynasty) and are associated with Phases 4 and 5 of the settlement. 91 of the potmarks have been identified and analysed. They were all incised on wet clay and covered either the inside or outside walls of bread moulds. 16 categories of patterns have been distinguished: cross, criss-cross, vertical and horizontal line combination, horizontal line, vertical line, curvilinear line, rectangular-like shape, animal-like shape, plant-like shape, star-like shape, arch-like shape, radial wheel shape, strokes on the rim, V-shaped sign, circle and semi-circle.
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author Magdalena Sobas
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title Bread Mould Potmarks from a Protodynastic and Early Dynastic Site in the Nile Delta, Egypt
title_short Bread Mould Potmarks from a Protodynastic and Early Dynastic Site in the Nile Delta, Egypt
title_full Bread Mould Potmarks from a Protodynastic and Early Dynastic Site in the Nile Delta, Egypt
title_fullStr Bread Mould Potmarks from a Protodynastic and Early Dynastic Site in the Nile Delta, Egypt
title_full_unstemmed Bread Mould Potmarks from a Protodynastic and Early Dynastic Site in the Nile Delta, Egypt
title_sort bread mould potmarks from a protodynastic and early dynastic site in the nile delta, egypt
publisher Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
publishDate 2014
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