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Imported Pottery from Abydos: Weni the Elder and Late Old Kingdom Egyptian–Levantine Trade

Christian Knoblauch Orcid Logo, Karin Sowada, Mary Ownby

The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

Swansea University Author: Christian Knoblauch Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/03075133251372635

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The article contributes new data for Egyptian–Levantine relations during the Egyptian 6th Dynasty drawing on a petrographic study of Levantine Combed Ware jars found at Abydos. This is the largest group of Combed Ware Jars from the provinces and the only Old Kingdom group from outside the Memphite a...

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Published in: The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
ISSN: 0307-5133 2514-0582
Published: SAGE Publications 2025
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69245
Abstract: The article contributes new data for Egyptian–Levantine relations during the Egyptian 6th Dynasty drawing on a petrographic study of Levantine Combed Ware jars found at Abydos. This is the largest group of Combed Ware Jars from the provinces and the only Old Kingdom group from outside the Memphite area to be studied using this method. The article confirms that the Egyptian–Levantine trade for liquids throughout the Old Kingdom using Combed Ware Jars was principally with a limited area of coastal Lebanon and was probably organised at the Levantine end by the port of Byblos.
Keywords: Egyptian–Levantine trade, 6th Dynasty, imported pottery, Abydos
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Funders: The University of Michigan AMC Project operates with the kind permission of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt. Support for this research has included the University of Michigan, the National Geographic Society, the American Research Center in Egypt Antiquities Endowment Fund, the Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications, and Marjorie M. Fisher. The contribution of Karin Sowada and Mary Ownby was supported by Australian Research Council Future Fellowship FT170100288 ‘Pyramids, power and the dynamics of states in crisis’.

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