The presence of foreign pottery in a well-dated egyptian context shows that this type of pottery cannot be more recent than those egyptian objects. this type of cross-dating establishes for the manufacture of the foreign pottery

TERMINUS ANTE QUEM

Explanation: Terminus ante quem is an Archeological an a Latin term used to describe the date before which an event or events took place,it is also used to show the date before which Archeological works have been deposited in a given area.

Example, a pottery dating to the 4th century AD found on a surface would give that pottery with a terminus ante quem of the 4thcentury AD.

This type of cross dating can either be TERMINUS ANTE QUEM OR TERMINUS POST QUEM.