The Early Imperial fortress of Berkou, Eastern Desert, Egypt
Jennifer Gates-Foster
(1)
,
Isabelle Goncalves
(2)
,
Bérangère Redon
(2)
,
Hélène Cuvigny
(3)
,
Mariola Hepa
,
Thomas Faucher
(4)
Isabelle Goncalves
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Bérangère Redon
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : berangere-redon
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Mariola Hepa
- Fonction : Auteur
Résumé
In 2020, during excavations in the Wadi al-Ghozza in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, archaeologists from the French Archaeological Mission to the Eastern Desert of Egypt discovered a well-preserved Flavian praesidium. This small and unusually shaped fort, identified in ostraca found in the fortress as Berkou (Βɛρκου), lay along a track leading from ancient Kaine (Qena) to the imperial quarries at Porphyrites. The fort lay over the remains of a Ptolemaic village and incorporated elements from the water system of the older settlement. This article presents the results of those excavations, including an overview of the fort's architecture and associated finds, as well as a discussion of its role in the regional transportation and security network that supported Roman exploitation of the nearby porphyry quarries in the 1st c. CE.
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The Early Imperial fortress of Berkou, Eastern Desert, Egypt
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Résumé |
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In 2020, during excavations in the Wadi al-Ghozza in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, archaeologists from the French Archaeological Mission to the Eastern Desert of Egypt discovered a well-preserved Flavian praesidium. This small and unusually shaped fort, identified in ostraca found in the fortress as Berkou (Βɛρκου), lay along a track leading from ancient Kaine (Qena) to the imperial quarries at Porphyrites. The fort lay over the remains of a Ptolemaic village and incorporated elements from the water system of the older settlement. This article presents the results of those excavations, including an overview of the fort's architecture and associated finds, as well as a discussion of its role in the regional transportation and security network that supported Roman exploitation of the nearby porphyry quarries in the 1st c. CE.
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Auteur(s) |
Jennifer Gates-Foster
1
, Isabelle Goncalves
2
, Bérangère Redon
2
, Hélène Cuvigny
3
, Mariola Hepa
, Thomas Faucher
4
1
UNC -
University of North Carolina [Chapel Hill]
( 44261 )
- 250 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC,
- États-Unis
2
HiSoMA -
Histoire et Sources des Mondes antiques
( 670 )
- 7 rue Raulin 69365 Lyon cédex 07
- France
3
IRHT -
Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes
( 423 )
- IRHT-CNRS, Campus Condorcet 14, cours des Humanités
93322 Aubervilliers.
- France
4
IRAMAT-CRP2A -
IRAMAT-Centre de recherche en physique appliquée à l’archéologie
( 399901 )
- Maison de l’archéologie
Esplanade des Antilles
33607 Pessac Cedex
- France
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2021
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Volume |
34
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Numéro |
1
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Page/Identifiant |
30-74
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Domaine(s) |
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Projet(s) Européen(s) |
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DOI | 10.1017/S1047759421000337 |
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