Description

• Title:
  Potmarks on Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom Bread Moulds from the Settlement Layers of Tell el-Murra
• Creator:
  Kazimierczak, Magdalena
• Description:
  Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom bread moulds belong to the type of vessels on which potmarks appear the most often, which is a phenomenon recorded during works conducted at different sites. Excavations carried out at the Tell el-Murra between 2011 and 2019 produced a significant number of vessels of this type with various marks. This paper is devoted to the 118 pre-firing marks from Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom bread moulds from the settlement layers at the Tell el-Murra. The paper comparatively analyses marks from two subsequent chronological periods, with the aim to test the validity of theories regarding their function and meaning, based on examples from Tell el-Murra. The study concludes that the high frequency of potmarks on bread forms was not accidental, but related to certain economic processes and changes, as also indicated in this paper.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Date:
  2024.03.01
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Recenzowany artykuł
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Études et Travaux; Nr 36 (2023): Études et Travaux; 155–181;
  Études et Travaux; No. 36 (2023): Études et Travaux; 155–181;
  2449-9579;
  2084-6762
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/ET/article/view/48991/37840
• Subject:
  Tell el-Murra;
  Nile Delta;
  Early Dynastic period;
  Old Kingdom period;
  bread moulds;
  pre-firing potmarks
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/ET/article/view/48991
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
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• Type:
  other