Petrographic sample: Tib (sh) 026

Vessel Registration Number:

Tiberias WC L:103 B:1007 DB:129

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Tiberias

13th c. CE

Jug/pitcher

Israel/Galilee

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/e...

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Description

The fabric is dolomitic and dark, single-spaced with ~20% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 25% sub-angular to rhomboid dolomite/limestone (50-450 μm, worn), 10% sub-angular to sub-rounded limestone/calcareous concretions (300-1500 μm), 7% sub-angular to angular quartz (30-180 μm); some: sub-angular mica (30-70 μm), sub-angular feldspar (40-140 μm), sub-rounded opaque minerals (30-120 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Jug/pitcher
Tiberias
13th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Jug/pitcher
Tiberias
13th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

Sakhnin formation and the rendzina soils of the inner region of the western Galilee (?) /

Dolomite, limestone/calcareous concretions, quartz

Local group 2 (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Dolomitic soil

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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