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Dakhleh Oasis and the western desert of Egypt under the Ptolemies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gill, James C. R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, [2016]
Series:Monograph (Dakhleh Oasis Project) ; no. 17.
Subjects:
Ptolemaic dynasty, > 305 B.C.-30 B.C.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Dakhla Oasis.
Pottery, Egyptian.
Dakhla Oasis (Egypt) > History.
Dakhla Oasis (Egypt) > Antiquities.
Egypt > Economic conditions > 332 B.C.-640 A.D.

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505 0 0 |g Chapter 1: Introduction --  |t 1.1. Introduction --  |t 1.2 Previous research --  |t 1.3 Methodological approach --  |t 1.4 Nile Valley evidence --  |g Chapter 2: Mut al-Kharab --  |t 2.1 Introduction --  |t 2.2 The Ptolemaic pottery deposits --  |t 2.3 A transitional late period/ early Ptolemaic period deposit --  |t 2.4 Miscellaneous pottery from other trenches --  |t 2.5 Ptolemaic ostraka from Mut al-Kharab --  |t 2.6 Summary of Ptolemaic activity at Mut al-Kharab --  |t Chapter 3: Ptolemaic pottery from Dakhleh Oasis --  |t 3.1 Introduction --  |t 3.2 Previous research --  |t 3.3 Presentation of the material --  |t 3.4 Fabrics and wares --  |t 3.5 Decoration --  |t 3.6 Manufacturing techniques --  |t 3.7 Forms --  |t 3.8 General discussion --  |g Chapter 4: Ptolemaic sites in Dakhleh Oasis --  |t 4.1 Introduction --  |t 4.2 Structure of the catalogue --  |t 4.3 Site identification --  |t 4.4 Site types --  |t 4.5 Site distribution --  |t 4.6 General discussion --  |g Chapter 5: Ptolemaic activity in the western desert --  |t 5.1 Introduction --  |t 5.2 Kharga Oasis --  |t 5.3 Farafra Oasis --  |t 5.4 Bahariya Oasis --  |t 5.5 Siwa Oasis --  |t 5.6 Minor Oases --  |t 5.7 Discussion --  |g Chapter 6: Conclusion --  |t 6.1 Results of the study --  |t 6.2 Beyond the Fayum: Ptolemaic settlement in the western oases --  |t 6.3 Directing divine offerings to the valley --  |t 6.4 Gateway communities, the "oasis by-path" and long-distance trade --  |t 6.5 A military "buffer zone" --  |t 6.6 The Persian legacy --  |t 6.7 Conclusion --  |t Appendix 1: Mut al-Kharab: context descriptions --  |t Appendix 2: Pottery assemblages from Mut al-Kharab --  |t Appendix 3: Ptolemaic pottery forms: examples and parallels --  |t Appendix 4: Catalogue of Ptolemaic sites in Dakhleh Oasis --  |t Appendix 5: Pottery assemblages from Dakhleh Oasis sites --  |t Appendix 6: Catalogue of Ptolemaic sites in the western oases. 
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