Imported Pottery from Abydos: Weni the Elder and Late Old Kingdom Egyptian–Levantine Trade

The article contributes new data for Egyptian–Levantine relations during the Egyptian 6 th Dynasty drawing on a petrographic study of Levantine Combed Ware jars found at Abydos. This is the largest group of Combed Ware Jars from the provinces and the only Old Kingdom group from outside the Memphite area to be studied using this method. The article confirms that the Egyptian–Levantine trade for liquids throughout the Old Kingdom using Combed Ware Jars was principally with a limited area of coastal Lebanon and was probably organised at the Levantine end by the port of Byblos.