1.1 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: 1.1

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Vessel Registration Number:

Tabaq - Area A.020.20.3780

Site Name

Khirbet Abu Tabaq

Date

c. 700-550 BCE

Shape

Cooking pot

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Period

Iron Age IIC

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Description

Wadi Clays- frequently well levigated to remove chalk and sand often tempered to include rounded-quartz sand

Thin Section Photos 1

Tabaq - Area A.020.20.3780

Cooking pot

Khirbet Abu Tabaq

c. 700-550 BCE

Iron Age IIC

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

Tabaq - Area A.020.20.3780

Cooking pot

Khirbet Abu Tabaq

c. 700-550 BCE

Iron Age IIC

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Judean Wilderness /

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Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

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Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel/Jordan/Central Highlands/ferruginous clay/calcareous sand quartz silt and sand/dolomite silt (Terra Rossa)

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Southern Levantine MBA-Iron Age cooking ware

c. 1800 - 500 BCE

Middle Bronze Age II, Middle Bronze Age III, Late Bronze Age, Iron Age

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Bibliography

Daniel M. Master. "From the Buqeah to Ashkelon" in Exploring the Longue Durée: Essays in Honor of Lawrence E. Stager, ed(s). David Schloen. Winona Lake IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009, 305-317 , Figure 2.17, Page 306.

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