X-Rays micro-tomography of 54 Egyptian predynastic ceramic vessels from the MAN (Musée d'Archéologie Nationale-Domaine national du château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France) made in the frame of the project TECHNOPREGYPT 2021/43/P/HS3/03262. STACK DATA

54 complete pots and sherds from the collection of the Musée d’Archéologie Nationale-Domaine national du château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, were scanned with X-Rays microtomography (CT-Scan) to carry out the technological analysis of the samples. The aim was to be able to see the internal structure of the ceramic vessels to reconstruct the manufacturing process.

The scans are part of the project TECHNOPREGYPT  Ceramic technology and the socio-political environment of Predynastic Egypt  2021/43/P/HS3/03262 directed by dr Jade BAJEOT. 

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Funding

This research was led at the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences and was co-funded by the Polish National Science Centre and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 945339. For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC-BY public copyright license to any Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) version arising from this submission.