INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

      NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

      NEW YORK

      2020

      © 2020 Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

      New York University Press

      ISBN: 978-1-47980-465-8 (harcover)

      978-1-47980-468-9 (ebook)

      978-1-47980-469-6 (ebook)

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Caputo, Clementina, author. | Soto Marín, Irene, 1988- author. | Marchand, Julie, author.

      Title: Amheida V : the house of Serenos / Clementina Caputo ; with contributions by Julie Marchand, Irene Soto Marín.

      Description: New York : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World/New York University Press, 2020- | Includes bibliographical references. | Contents: Part 1. The pottery. | Summary: “The House of Serenos: Part I: The Pottery (Amheida V) is a comprehensive catalog and analysis of the ceramic finds from the late antique house of a local notable and adjacent streets in Amheida. It is the fifth book in the Amheida series. Amheida is located in the western part of the Dakhla oasis, 3.5 km south of the medieval town of El-Qasr. Known in Hellenistic and Roman times as Trimithis, Amheida became a polis by 304 CE and was a major administrative center of the western part of the oasis for the whole of the fourth century. The home’s owner was one Serenos, a member of the municipal elite and a Trimithis city councillor, as we know from documents found in the house. His house is particularly well preserved with respect to floor plan, relationship to the contemporary urban topography, and decoration, including domestic display spaces plastered and painted with subjects drawn from Greek mythology and scenes depicting the family that owned the house. The archaeology from the site also reveals the ways in which the urban space changed over time, as Serenos’s house was built over and expanded into some previously public spaces. The house was probably abandoned around or soon after 370 CE. The pottery analyzed here both helps to refine the relationship of the archaeological layers belonging to the élite house and those below it, and to shed light on the domestic and economic life of the household and region, from cooking and dining to the management of a complex agricultural economy in which ceramics were the most common form of container for basic commodities. The book will primarily be of interest to specialists interested in ceramology, Roman Egypt, and the material culture, social history, and economy of late antiquity”-- Provided by publisher.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2020012420 (print) | LCCN 2020012421 (ebook) | ISBN 9781479804658 (v.1 : hardback) | ISBN 9781479804689 (ebook) | ISBN 9781479804696 (ebook other)

      Subjects: LCSH: Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt--Dakhla Oasis. | Amheida Site (Egypt) | Trimithis (Extinct city) | Dakhla Oasis

      (Egypt)--Antiquities.

      Classification: LCC DT73.D33 C37 2020 (print) | LCC DT73.D33 (ebook) | DDC 932/.2--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020012420

      LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020012421

      Designed by Andrew Reinhard

      Printed in the United States

      CONTENTS

       Acknowledgements

       List of Figures, Table, and Plates

      Foreword (P. Ballet)

       Introduction

       Chapter 1: Methodological Approaches

       1.1. Quantitative Analysis and Ceramics Processing

       1.2. Fabrics

       1.3. Wares

       1.4. Manufacturing Techniques

       1.5. Dating of the Ceramics

       1.6. Structure of the Catalogue

       Chapter 2: Functional Classification and Shapes in Area 2.1: Typo-Chronological Study

       2.1. Table and Service Wares

       2.1.1. Bowls

       2.1.2. Dishes

       2.1.3. Oasis Red Slip Ware (ORSW)

       2.1.4. Liquid Vessels

       2.1.5. Kraters

       2.2. Utility Ware

       2.2.1. Basins and Deep Bowls

       2.2.2. Sieves and Funnels

       2.3. Cooking ware

       2.3.1. Cooking Plates and Casseroles

       2.3.2. CookingPpots

       2.3.3. Bread Molds and Baking Trays/Dokkas

       2.3.4. Lids

       2.4. Storage and Transport Vessels

       2.4.1. Jars

       2.4.2. Kegs (Siga)

       2.4.3. Yellow Slipped Flasks

       2.5. Amphorae

       2.5.1. Amphore Égyptienne 4 (AE 4)

       2.5.2. Late Roman Amphora 7 (LRA 7)

       2.5.3. Rhodian Amphora

       2.6. Miscellanea

       2.6.1. Sāqiya pots (qādūs)

       2.6.2. Miniature Vessels

       2.6.3. Other