Pottery extracted from the deportation site, Kom el-Dikka, Alexandria

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The site of el-Tarheelat is located at the neighborhood of Kom eL Dikka in Alexandria.

the site yielded great quantity of pottery, and vast variety of types indicating a long time of occupation through many periods.

few Hellenistic, early Roman and Islamic shapes were found, but the majority of identified forms are dated to the 4th to 7th centuries AD.

it is not clear if the few Hellenistic and early Roman types, illustrated here, came up from lower levels because of an earlier disturbance.

imported pottery constituted about 33.6% of el-Tarheelat pottery (26.3% for Amphorae and 7.3% for fine wares and others).

late Roman Amphora 1 and late Roman Amphora 4 constituted the majority of the imported Amphorae, however, African red slip ware, Cypriot red slip ware are the fine wares the most represented.

the abundance of LRA 1, LRA 4, African, Cypriot red slip wares, could reflect a part of commercial relations between Egypt and the regions of Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa during the late Roman and Byzantine periods.

the local production constituted about 66.4% (16.3% for amphorae and 49.8% for table, cooking and common wares).

the Egyptian Amphorae types AE 3, AE 7 and different types of table wares (plates, dishes and bowls), cooking wares (cooking pots and casseroles), common wares (pots for preparing food, jars and others) were recorded widely in the site of el-Tarheelat.