Aswan was located on the border of the “Corridor to Africa” even in late antiquity. The cultural aspects of the area reflected the character of the economic network, which had once included Aswan city itself. Therefore, one of the most conspicuous cultural artifacts that indicates the transformation of the economic network would be the so-called Aswan ware, of which production became prominent in the Roman-Byzantine period and continued through the early Islamic period.Under the Byzantine economic network, Mediterranean ceramic centers promoted the production of Aswan factories, and the ware was distributed to the whole area from the Delta to the Nubian region. Aswan ware imitated Roman ware, which was attributed to the cultural framework of the Mediterranean world in late antiquity. Besides Aswan ware, Late Roman Wares from North Africa and Cyprus, and local Marl and Silt ware, ranged like a mosaic patchwork of the distribution.The archaeological evidence from al-Tod and al-Fustat indicates that even after Islamic power became prevalent, “Late Roman” or “Coptic” elements remained, as they could be observed in the traditional techniques of forming and decorating Aswan ware and Silt or Marl goblets, pots, and stored jars. This leads us to suspect that the traditional social system itself remained, as in the case of pottery production, transportation, and consumption.The third stage is remarkable because the transformation of Aswan ware becomes evident with Nubian elements accepted in forms with a vertical body and painted decoration with various colored pigments. Then its distribution covered the whole country, and it could be dated in the early Fatimid period. The production of traditional ware such as “Late Roman” styled Aswan ware and amphorae, seemed to decline and new styles flourished, which symbolized the Medieval Islamic Culture, such as Marl ware Qulla, and the glazed ware called Fayyumi ware.Thus the transformation of Aswan ware is suggestive, showing the remnant of Byzantine cultural aspect in the earlier Islamic period, and also that another cultural element from over the border became involved in Aswan ware and ranged widely. This seems to be concerned with the economic development of Christian Nubia, but it also seems to indicate the transformation of the economic system from the traditional Byzantine network to the newly established Islamic network.