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Naukratis: Greek Diversity in Egypt Studies on East Greek Pottery and Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean Edited by Alexandra Villing and Udo Schlotzhauer The British Museum Research Publication Number 162 Publishers The British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG Series Editor Dr Josephine Turquet Distributors The British Museum Press 46 Bloomsbury Street London WC1B 3QQ Naukratis: Greek Diversity in Egypt Studies on East Greek Pottery and Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean Edited by Alexandra Villing and Udo Schlotzhauer Front cover: Fragment of North Ionian black-figure amphora (?) from Naukratis. British Museum GR 1886.4-1.1282 (Vase B 102.33) ISBN-13 978-086159-162-6 ISBN-10 086159-162-3 ISSN 0142 4815 © The Trustees of the British Museum 2006 Note: the British Museum Occasional Papers series is now entitled British Museum Research Publications.The OP series runs from 1 to 150, and the RP series, keeping the same ISSN and ISBN preliminary numbers, begins at number 151. For a complete catalogue of the full range of OPs and RPs see the series website: www/the britishmuseum.ac.uk/researchpublications or write to: Oxbow Books, Park End Place Oxford OX1 1HN, UK Tel:(+44) (0) 1865 241249 e mail [email protected] website www.oxbowbooks.com or The David Brown Book Co PO Box 511, Oakville CT 06779, USA Tel:(+1) 860 945 9329;Toll free 1 800 791 9354 e mail [email protected] Printed and bound in UK by Latimer Trend & Co. Ltd. Contents Contributors v Preface vii Naukratis and the Eastern Mediterranean: Past, Present and Future 1 Alexandra Villing and Udo Schlotzhauer I NAUKRATIS: THE SITE, ITS CULTS AND ITS POTTERY The Hellenion at Naukratis: Questions and Observations 11 Ursula Höckmann and Astrid Möller The Delta: From Gamma to Zeta 23 Alan Johnston ‘Drab Bowls’ for Apollo: The Mortaria of Naukratis and Exchange in the 31 Archaic Eastern Mediterranean Alexandra Villing Carian Mercenaries at Naukratis? 47 Dyfri Williams and Alexandra Villing II EAST GREEK POTTERY AND ITS PRODUCTION CENTRES: ARCHAEOLOGY AND SCIENCE The Study of East Greek Pottery 49 John Boardman East Greek Pottery from Naukratis: The Current State of Research 53 Udo Schlotzhauer and Alexandra Villing Neutron Activation Analysis of Pottery from Naukratis and other Related Vessels 69 Hans Mommsen with M.R. Cowell, Ph. Fletcher, D. Hook, U. Schlotzhauer, A. Villing, S. Weber and D. Williams Naukratis: Les importations grecques orientales archaiques. 77 Classification et détermination d’origine en laboratoire Pierre Dupont and Annie Thomas Archaic Greek Plates from the Apollo Sanctuary at Emecik, Knidia. 85 Results and Questions Concerning Dorian Pottery Production Regina Attula The Non-Figured Wares from the Anglo-Turkish Excavations at 93 Old Smyrna. Points of Contact with Naukratis Stavros Paspalas Chemical Provenance Determination of Pottery: The Example of the 105 Aiolian Pottery Group G Hans Mommsen and Michael Kerschner On the Provenance of Aiolian Pottery 109 Michael Kerschner The Chian Pottery from Naukratis 127 Dyfri Williams Some Observations on Milesian Pottery 133 Udo Schlotzhauer with contributions by P. Herrmann (†) and S. Weber East Greek ‘Situlae‘ from Egypt 145 Sabine Weber with an Appendix: Neutron Activation Analysis Results by H. Mommsen, A. Schwedt, S. Weber and M.R. Cowell The Apries Amphora – Another Cartouche 155 Donald Bailey III EAST GREEK POTTERY AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: CONTACT, EXCHANGE AND IDENTITY The Greeks in Berezan and Naukratis: A Similar Story? 159 Richard Posamentir Some Ceramic Inscriptions Istrian Sanctuaries: The Naukratis Approach 169 Iulian Bîrzescu Naukratis and Archaic Pottery Finds from Cyrene’s Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter 175 Gerald Schaus Imported Greek Pottery in Archaic Cyrene: The Excavations in the Casa del Propileo 181 Ivan D’Angelo Etruscan and Italic Finds in North Africa, 7th–2nd century BC 187 Alessandro Naso Identity in the Making: Greeks in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Iron Age 199 Alexander Fantalkin Bibliography 209 Contributors Regina Attula Alexander Fantalkin Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald Tel Aviv University Institut für Altertumswissenschaften Department of Archaeology and Ancient Rudolf-Petershagen-Allee 1 Near Eastern Civilizations 17487 Greifswald Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978 Germany Israel [email protected] [email protected] Donald Bailey Ursula Höckmann The British Museum Taunusstr. 39 Greek and Roman Department 55118 Mainz Great Russell Street Germany London WC1B 3DG [email protected] United Kingdom [email protected] Alan Johnston Institute of Archaeology Iulian Bîrzescu University College London Institute for Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’ of the Romanian 31–34 Gordon Square Academy London WC1H 0PY Str. Henri Coanda, nr. 11, sector 1 United Kingdom 010667 Bucharest [email protected] Romania [email protected] Michael Kerschner Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, ÖAI John Boardman Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 Ashmolean Museum 1190 Vienna Beaumont Street Austria Oxford OX1 2PH [email protected] United Kingdom [email protected] Astrid Möller Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Ivan D'Angelo Seminar für Alte Geschichte Università di Napoli ‘L'Orientale’ Kollegiengebäude 1 Dipartimento Mondo Classico e Mediterraneo Antico Werthmannplatz Palazzo Corigliano 79098 Freiburg i. Br. Piazza S. Domenico Maggiore Germany 80138 Naples [email protected] Italy [email protected] Hans Mommsen Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Pierre Dupont and Annie Thomas Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik CNRS-UMR 5138, Nussallee 14–16 Archéométrie – Archéologie 53115 Bonn Université Lyon 2 Germany 7, Rue Raulin [email protected] 69365 Lyon CEDEX 7 France [email protected] Naukratis: Greek Diversity in Egypt | v Contributors Alessandro Naso Udo Schlotzhauer Università degli Studi del Molise Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, DAI Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Umane e Sociali Eurasien-Abteilung Via G. de Sanctis, snc Im Dol 2-6, Haus II 86100 Campobasso 14195 Berlin Italy Germany [email protected] [email protected] Stavros Paspalas Alexandra Villing Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens The British Museum Zacharitsa 23 Greek and Roman Department Koukaki Great Russell Street 11741 Athens London WC1B 3DG Greece United Kingdom [email protected] [email protected] Richard Posamentir Sabine Weber Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, DAI Walkmühlstr. 6 Abteilung Istanbul 65195 Wiesbaden Gümüssuyu/Ayapasa Camii Germany Sok. 48 [email protected] 34437 Istanbul Turkey Dyfri Williams [email protected] The British Museum Greek and Roman Department Gerry Schaus Great Russell Street Wilfrid Laurier University London WC1B 3DG Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies United Kingdom 75 University Avenue West [email protected] Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 Canada [email protected] vi | Naukratis: Greek Diversity in Egypt Preface This volume has its origin in a workshop on Naukratis and East leaders within SFB 295 – Kreikenbom for his support in Greek pottery held at the British Museum in December 2004 as organising the financing of the workshop, and Höckmann for the 28th British Museum Classical Colloquium, the result of a much help and constant openness to discussions. collaboration between the British Museum and members of the On the British Museum side, we would like to thank in Naukratis Project of SFB 295 at the Gutenberg-Universität particular Dyfri Williams, Keeper of the Greek and Roman Mainz. Made possible by the generosity of the Gerda-Henkel- Department, for making the workshop possible and for his Stiftung and the Caryatid Group of the British Museum’s Greek unfailing support throughout; all colleagues in Greek and and Roman Department, to whom we extend our gratitude, the Roman Department and the Educational AV unit for help with workshop brought together archaeologists, historians and organising the workshop; colleagues in the Department of scientists with the aim of generating a fruitful discussion and Ancient Egypt and Sudan, especially Jeffrey Spencer and Neal exchange of ideas and knowledge to further our understanding Spencer, as well as in the Middle East Department, for helpful of the site of Naukratis in its wider, Eastern Mediterranean discussions and access to objects; Lesley Fitton, Susan context. As it emerged, the scientific analysis of pottery samples Woodford, Mira Hudson, Bárbara Freitas, Sara Cambeta and taken both at the British Museum and elsewhere proved Sotiria Papastavrou for help with proof-reading; Kate Morton particular vital for many results presented here. To a large extent for producing two wonderful new maps and several profile this was made possible by subsidies from the Deutsche drawings; the British Museum’s Photography and Imaging Forschungsgemeinschaft, by the personal interest of Professor Department, especially Dudley Hubbard, for producing new Hans Mommsen of the Helmholtz-Institut, Friedrich-Wilhelm- photographs of objects at short notice; Lindy Crewe for help Universität Bonn and the various other individuals, excavations with image editing; John Boardman for encouragement and the and institutions that allowed material in their care to be donation of his invaluable Naukratis archive to the British analysed, and by the generous help of the staff of the Museum; and last but not least Josephine Turquet for producing Department of Conservation, Documentation and Science
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