SAQQARA: THE POTTERY, 2005
SAQQARA: THE POTTERY, 2005

Summary/Abstract: The pottery studied in the 2005 season came from squares 1903-1904-1905 at West Saqqara, where the Upper Necropolis burials of Late Period-Roman time were discovered in layers superimposing the late Old Kingdom necropolis. The results have enriched the local typology of vessels with both the Late Period and late Old Kingdom forms. The first group, not very numerous, contained Egyptian pottery typical of the Saqqara cemetery and numerous fragments of as yet unidentified imported amphorae. As for the late Old Kingdom pottery, it represented mostly phases III and IV, i.e. the reign of the pharaoh Pepy II, contributing to our knowledge of ceramics in these phases and ritual practices.

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