摘要
Bichrome Wheelmade Ware originally from Cyprus is under suspicion of being a local reproduction in the Eastern Nile Delta during the early 18th Dynasty (Late Bronze Age I). To elucidate this question, samples from Tell el-Dabca (Egypt) and from Cyprus were examined in detail. Petrologic and geochemical analytical techniques including optical microscopy, XRD, XRF, ICP-MS, EPMA were applied in order to emphasize the differences and similarities of the two products. Micro-textures and mineral-phase reactions provide information about conditioning procedures of raw materials as well as firing-temperatures reached during pottery fabrication. Bulk major and trace element abundances and the chemical compositions of pyroxenes, feldspars and oxide-minerals allows the distinctive discrimination of the wares and the correlation with provenance-indicating reference material.