Ancient Pottery in Alexandria and its Chora

作为希腊化和罗马东部最大的商业大都市，亚历山大在地中海的经济结构中发挥了重要作用。同时，它也是希腊、罗马和埃及文化交流的中心。由于自20世纪80年代以来的深入研究，一系列有充分记录和分层的挖掘是可用的。由它们产生的后期数据量使人们能够第一次对经济和文化历史问题进行系统的调查。亚历山大作为地中海和尼罗河谷之间的枢纽，提供了该国陶瓷生产的多方面光谱及其经济关系的总体视图。然而，整体时间顺序和类型系统的必要基础仍然缺乏。该项目的第一个目标是扩展和整合德国和法国在亚历山大港、沙迪亚和马雷亚挖掘的数据库，以及制定一个共同的类型学和术语。科学调查将有助于确定出处和群体的形成。在此基础上，将通过与其他相关挖掘数据和外部项目的比较，阐述一个总体的时间系统。这项工作将成为亚历山大港托勒密-罗马陶器的地图集。最后，在统计调查的基础上，经济和文化历史问题将以长期的视角（公元前4世纪-公元8世纪）进行探讨。

As the greatest commercial metropolis of the Hellenistic and Roman East, Alexandria played an important role in the economic structure of the Mediterranean. At the same time it was the focus for contact between the Greek, Roman and Egyptian cultures. Because of intensive research since the 1980s a series of well documented and stratified excavations is available. The late quantities of data generated by them allow for the first time systematic investigations of economic and cultural historical questions to be carried out. Alexandria as a hinge between the Mediterranean and the Nile Valley offers a general view of the many-sided spectrum of ceramic production in the country and its economic relationships. The necessary basis in the form of overall chronological and typological systems is still lacking, however. The first goals of the project are the extension and integration of the databases of the German and French excavations in Alexandria, Schedia and Marea, as well as the elaboration of a common typology and terminology. Scientific investigations will help in the determination of provenience and the formation of groups. On this basis, an overarching chronological system will be elaborated through the comparison with other relevant excavation data and external projects. This work will flow into an atlas of the Ptolemaic-Roman pottery of Alexandria. Finally, on the basis of statistical investigations economic and cultural historical questions will be pursued with long-term perspectives (4th century BCE – 8th century CE).