Late Bronze Age imported vessels have been found throughout Egypt during the New Kingdom. Their presence is a tangible testament to the international trade carried out throughout the eastern Mediterranean during this period. Those found at Piramesses/Qantir are particularly important as they represent what was acquired by the royal court in the Nineteenth Dynasty. A…
Ceramic Bibliography 2010-2014
This short bibliography is provided as a guide to some of the more recent ceramic studies that provided important information on Egyptian interconnections. It does not aim to be exhaustive, but to highlight some of the trends in the field and where advancves have been made. The compilers hope this bibliography will be a starting…
Petrographic Analyses in the Study of Egyptian Interconnections and Ceramic Technology
K. Duistermaat and I. Regulski (eds.), Intercultural Contacts in the Ancient Mediterranean
A selective review of the section: “Material Evidence for Contact: Ceramics, Imports and Imitations”
The Importance of Imports: Petrographic Analysis of Levantine Pottery Jars in Egypt
Interconnections between Egypt and the Levant have been a focus of research for many years. However, only more recently has the scientific method of thin section petrography of ceramic vessels been applied. Through petrography, the raw materials can be identified and related to their known origins, suggesting a provenance. Recent examination of jars dating from…
Inscribed in Clay: Provenance Study of the Amarna Letters and Other Ancient Near Eastern Texts
This review discusses the important results of the petrographic analysis of the Amarna tablets presented by Yuval Goren, Israel Finkelstein, and Nadav Na’aman. Particular attention is given to summarizing some of their key findings, which highlight the potential for scientific analysis of clay objects to provide relevant and otherwise unattainable information on the specifics of human history….