Petrographic sample: KhArisa 002

Vessel Registration Number:

Khirbet Arisa (G-95) L:104 B:1034 DB:790

Khirbet Arisa

14th c. CE

Jug/pitcher

Israel/Carmel Mountains

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Description

The fabric is a brown marl/shale, silty with~20% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 25% rounded foraminifera (30-280 μm), 15% sub-angular to rounded shale (50-900 μm), 5% sub-angular to sub-rounded chalk/calcareous concretions (40-750 μm), 10% sub-angular to sub-rounded quartz (30-220 μm); some: sub-rounded to sub-angular limestone, rhomboid dolomite (30-80 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Jug/pitcher
Khirbet Arisa
14th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Jug/pitcher
Khirbet Arisa
14th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

Western Galilee (?) /

Foraminifera, shale, chalk/calcareous concretions, quartz

Local group 1a (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Marl/shale

Associated Ware/Ware Family

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Ottoman, Ottoman