Pottery of Manqabad 2 : : Pottery Production and Types from the Monastery of Manqabad at Asyut (Egypt).

• Author: Incordino, Ilaria.
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (148 pages)

This 2nd volume presents, documents and analyses a new selection of ceramics from the Egyptian site of Manqabad (Asyut). It aims to present the most significant ceramic typologies from Manqabad, while collecting as many references and parallels as possible deriving from several different monastic sites in Egypt.

Table of Contents

Cover -- About Access Archaeology -- Title page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter I. A selected catalogue of pottery from El-Ashmunein SCA store and Manqabad site -- Introduction to the catalogue -- 1.1 The pottery from the el-Ashmunein SCA store -- 1.2 The pottery from the Site of Manqabad -- The Catalogue -- Chapter II. Observations and comments on the typologies -- 2.1 Analysis of the pottery typologies: coarse wares -- 2.2 Fine wares -- 2.3 Amphorae and lamps -- Chapter III. The survey of the production area -- 3.1 The investigation of the Southern Sector -- 3.2 The furnace of Manqabad -- 3.3 Kilns for pottery production in Byzantine Egypt -- 3.4 Some remarks about the pottery production at the Manqabad monastery -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Plates.