Aswan Ware in Tyrrhenian Central Italy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32028/9781803275017-9Keywords:
Aswan Ware, Aswan, Ostia, Rome, Lugnano in TeverinaAbstract
Aswan Ware is widely attested but nowhere frequent in Egypt outside its region of origin. In the Mediterranean and beyond,
products of Aswan (mostly fine wares and Aswan Flasks) have been identified on a number of sites, often as single items.
The discovery of thirteen pieces of Aswan Ware on three sites of varying dates in Tyrrhenian central Italy – Ostia, Rome and
Lugnano in Teverina – suggests that Aswan Ware may be a recurring but unrecognized, minor presence there and perhaps
elsewhere in the Mediterranean.
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