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1. A Clay Gladius Scabbard from Area 13c in the Ancient Roman Town of Syene

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Mariola Hepa

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Roman Egypt, Syene, Area 13c, terracotta, gladius, votive object, Archaeology, CC1-960
Abstract

Area 13c, located in the town centre of modern Aswan in Upper Egypt, was excavated in 2005 by the Joint Swiss-Egyptian Mission working at Old Aswan. A sequence of houses from the late Ptolemaic period up to the late Roman period was documented at the site. Among the terracotta objects found in one of the houses, a miniaturised clay scabbard has features typical for the gladius scabbards known from military camps of the first and early second centuries AD from other Roman provinces. Similar terracottas were interpreted as toys, attributes of statues or votive offerings. However, the find context of the object from Syene demonstrates that – together with other clay objects – it belonged to a room decoration or was part of a house altar. Perhaps the object was dedicated as a votive by a soldier, since there are some indications for Roman military presence in this part of Syene.

Published
2018
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2. The Early Imperial fortress of Berkou, Eastern Desert, Egypt

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Mariola Hepa, Hélène Cuvigny, Isabelle Goncalves, Jennifer Gates-Foster, Bérangère Redon, Thomas Faucher, University of North Carolina [Chapel Hill] (UNC), University of North Carolina System (UNC), Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2), Histoire et Sources des Mondes antiques (HiSoMA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 (UJML), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon), Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes (IRHT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), IRAMAT-Centre de recherche en physique appliquée à l’archéologie (IRAMAT-CRP2A), Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux (IRAMAT), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), European Project: 759078,Desert Networks, École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 (UJML), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne (UBM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne (UBM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Roman roads, Archeology, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Desert (philosophy), [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, 060102 archaeology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Excavation, 06 humanities and the arts, Eastern Desert, Archaeology, [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences, praesidium, water management, Roman quarries, army, 0601 history and archaeology, Fortress (chess), Classics, Architecture, [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History, [SHS.CLASS]Humanities and Social Sciences/Classical studies, Wadi
Abstract

In 2020, during excavations in the Wadi al-Ghozza in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, archaeologists from the French Archaeological Mission to the Eastern Desert of Egypt discovered a well-preserved Flavian praesidium. This small and unusually shaped fort, identified in ostraca found in the fortress as Berkou (Βɛρκου), lay along a track leading from ancient Kaine (Qena) to the imperial quarries at Porphyrites. The fort lay over the remains of a Ptolemaic village and incorporated elements from the water system of the older settlement. This article presents the results of those excavations, including an overview of the fort's architecture and associated finds, as well as a discussion of its role in the regional transportation and security network that supported Roman exploitation of the nearby porphyry quarries in the 1st c. CE.

Published
2021
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3. Old Dentitions and Young Post-crania: Sheep Burials in the Ptolemaic–Early Roman Animal Necropolis at Syene/Upper Egypt

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Ursula R. Mutze, Wolfgang Müller, Mariola Hepa, and Joris Peters

Abstract

Excavations at the Ptolemaic–Early Roman animal necropolis at Syene/Aswan in Upper Egypt revealed the presence of more than 300 domestic animal skeletons. Sheep predominate in this assemblage, but dogs, cats, and cattle were ritually buried as well. Animals have been deposited in toto in shallow pits without prior mummification. Ongoing archaeo- zoological analysis of sheep shows some interesting patterns meriting a closer look. Methodologically the discrepancy between age estimates based on eruption and/or abrasion of teeth and the individual’s epiphyseal status is of particu- lar interest. To quantify this discrepancy, we compared recordings with those obtained from a modern population of known-age sheep: the Karakul population housed in the Julius Kühn Collection in Halle an der Saale, Germany. The rate at which tooth wear takes place in the different populations is evaluated and possible causal relationships discussed. Be- ing essential to reconstruct demographic profiles, an approach to estimate tooth-wear rate in ancient sheep populations will be presented.

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2022
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