Pottery of Manqabad 2

Ilaria Incordino has participated in several archaeological missions in Egypt beginning in 2007. She obtained a BA and PhD in Egyptology at the University of Naples “L’Orientale” with her dissertation Chronological Problems of the IIIrd Egyptian Dynasty. A re-examination of the archaeological documents. She has taught Egyptology and organized several conferences, seminars and summer schools at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. She is author of several papers and a monograph about the Bet Khallaf and Manqabad sites and is currently Grantee of the 2022 Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publication of the Harvard Museum.

Introduction ;



Chapter I. A selected catalogue of pottery from El-Ashmunein SCA store and Manqabad site ;


Introduction to the catalogue ;


The pottery from the el-Ashmunein SCA store ;


The pottery from the Site of Manqabad ;


The Catalogue ;



Chapter II. Observations and comments on the typologies ;


Analysis of the pottery typologies: coarse wares ;


Fine wares ;


Amphorae and lamps ;



Chapter III. The survey of the production area ;


The investigation of the Southern Sector ;


The furnace of Manqabad ;


Kilns for pottery production in Byzantine Egypt ;


Some remarks about the pottery production at the Manqabad monastery ;



Conclusions ;



Bibliography ;



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