Dongola: pottery from building B.vi (site c.01), seasons 2010–2011
Dongola: pottery from building B.vi (site c.01), seasons 2010–2011

Summary/Abstract: Excavations in Dongola in the 2010 and 2011 seasons encompassed site C.01 wih the relics of a late Makurian building (B.VI ) and the superimposed remains of domestic occupation from the Funj Kingdom. The pottery from the fill of Building B.VI consisted of both hand- and wheel-made storage containers from the late 13th and 14th centuries. The earlier chronological horizon (B.IX) was represented by some pottery, including tableware from the 9th–11th century and the 12th century, marking the destruction horizon of B.IX and the foundation of B.VI . The Funj layers yielded mostly handmade storage and cooking ware and some glazed ceramics.

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