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sediment > clay > Nile silt

Preferred term

Nile silt  

Definition

  • Type of silty clay that is particular to the volcanic regions of Ethiopia.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Nile clay

Source

  • Nordström, Hans-Åke; Bourriau, Janine D. "Ceramic Technology: Clays and Fabrics" in An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Pottery, ed(s). Dorothea Arnold and Janine D. Bourriau. Mainz am Rhein: P. von Zabern, 1993, 143-190.
  • Peloschek, Lisa, "Cultural Transfers in Aswan (Upper Egypt). Petrographic Evidence for Ceramic Production and Exchange from the Ptolemaic to the Late Antique Period.", PhD, Archaeometry, University of Vienna, 2015.

Creator

  • Micheline Welte

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https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/oeai-materials/concept17064

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