Pottery from Tomb MMA 28 at Deir el-Bahari: preliminary remarks

Abstract

The clearance of Tomb MMA 28 at Deir el-Bahari yielded mixed pottery material dating from the Middle Kingdom to modern times. The article presents, in chronological order, some of the most characteristic vessels representing each phase (with the exception of the late Roman period, which is to be studied separately). Among them are Middle Kingdom pointed bottles and Marl C jars, New Kingdom double and triple bottles, kernoi, beer jars and blue-painted pottery, as well as Ptolemaic painted pottery.

Keywords

• Deir el-Bahari
• Temple of Hatshepsut
• MMA28
• pottery
• Middle Kingdom
• New Kingdom