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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

ceramic typology, Egyptian excavation, Fag el Gamous Cemetery

College

Religious Education

Department

Ancient Scripture

Abstract

When I began my research with BYU’s Egyptian Excavation team, my chosen focus was to study the ceramics found at Fag el Gamous Cemetery. My original research intent was to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to read and understand the context of Egyptian ceramic pottery samples from the 200BC to 500AD / Greco-Roman Period as well as to create a new typology for the unique pottery found in Fag el Gamous Cemetery and compare it to the wider typology of the Egyptian Fayoum. I had planned to do this by a series of steps. I began my preliminary research by studying and drawing general typologies of pottery found in Egypt. Next, I continued my study of local pottery in Egypt during BYU’s Egyptian Excavation Team 2010 Expedition at Fag el Gamous Cemetery. Here I washed and photographed many samples of pottery while learning the specific dating system used by BYU’s Excavation Team. For my final product, I had planned to create a ceramic typology for the pottery found locally at BYU’s Egyptian Excavation.

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