Al Mina 046 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Al Mina 046

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Vessel Registration Number:

Al Mina B: BM 1995.12-25.25

Site Name

al-Mina

Date

Late 6th - mid 4th c. BCE

Shape

Bowl

Country/Region

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

Period

Achaemenid Persian

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

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Description

micaceous dark, reddish, ds-ss, 3% voids, fine

Thin Section Photos 1

Al Mina B: BM 1995.12-25.25

Bowl

al-Mina

Late 6th - mid 4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

Al Mina B: BM 1995.12-25.25

Bowl

al-Mina

Late 6th - mid 4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Unknown /

Inclusions

Mica laths: 15% 20-80 elong., QZ: 5% 20-130 sa-a, OP: 5% 30-180 sr-r, Several: LS/CC 40-280 sa-sr, pellets 50-180 sr-r

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Al Mina FW1(m)

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean/Alluvial soils/Mica

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Kelenderis Band-Painted ware

7th-4th BCE

Iron Age III, Achaemenid Persian

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Bibliography

Gunnar Lehmann, Yiftah Shalev, Hans Mommsen, David Ben-Shlomo, Małgorzata Daszkiewicz, Gerwulf Schneider, and Ayelet Gilboa. "The Kelenderis pottery workshop(s): newly identified agents in East Mediterranean maritime exchange networks in the Achaemenid period" Levant (2020) , Figure 7.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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