Sigiriya citadel ancient pottery shards: imported Roman-Egyptian amphorae and local redware?

Excavations conducted by the Central Cultural Fund across the lower terraces and moat surrounds of Sigiriya have recovered thousands of ceramic fragments. Alongside indigenous handmade and wheel-turned redware cooking vessels, archaeologists identified imported luxury ceramics: fragments of Roman-Egyptian amphorae, West Asian turquoise-glazed storage jars, and early Chinese Celadon ware. Petrographic thin-section analysis proves that King Kasyapa’s royal court maintained active commercial links with Indian Ocean maritime trade routes connecting Mediterranean ports with Tang dynasty China.