Dinila 001 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Dinila 001

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Vessel Registration Number:

Khirbet Din'ila (A-1313) L:636 B:58 DB:777

Site Name

Khirbet Din'ila

Date

14th - 15th c. CE

Shape

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Country/Region

Israel/Galilee

Period

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Functional Category

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Description

The fabric is fine, marly and calcareous with ~25% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 10% sub-rounded to rounded calcareous concretions (40-150 μm), 2% foraminifera (40-120 μm), 5% angular quartz (30-80 μm).

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Khirbet Din'ila (A-1313) L:636 B:58 DB:777

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Khirbet Din'ila

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Western Galilee (?) /

Inclusions

Calcareous concretions, foraminifera , quartz

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Local group 1a (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Raw Material

Marl/shale

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Medieval-Modern Levantine Handmade Unpainted ware

10th c. - 20th c. CE

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

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Bibliography

Gabrieli R.S., Ben-Shlomo D. and Walker B.J. 2014. "Production and Distribution of Geometric-Painted (HMGP) and Plain Hand-Made Wares of the Mamluk Period: A Case Study from Northern Israel, Jerusalem and Hisban" Journal of Islamic Archaeology 1 (2015), 193-229

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