Hisban 011 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Hisban 011

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Vessel Registration Number:

Hisban L: L.1.16 B: P 36-5 DB: 844

Site Name

Tall Hisban

Date

mid 14th c. CE

Shape

Closed vessel

Country/Region

Jordan/Central Highlands

Period

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Functional Category

Household/Utility

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Description

The fabric is a dark alluvial soil, single-spaced with ~15% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 15% bimodal quartz (20-50 μm angular to sub-rounded, 100-350 μm sub-angular to sub-rounded), 5% sub-angular to sub-rounded calcareous concretions (40-550 μm), 3% sub-rounded to rounded shale/opaque minerals (50-350 μm); some: sub-angular to sub-rounded limestone (50-180 μm), angular feldspar (20-50 μm).

Thin Section Photos 1

Hisban L: L.1.16 B: P 36-5 DB: 844

Closed vessel

Tall Hisban

mid 14th c. CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 2

Hisban L: L.1.16 B: P 36-5 DB: 844

Closed vessel

Tall Hisban

mid 14th c. CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Hisban L: L.1.16 B: P 36-5 DB: 844

Closed vessel

Tall Hisban

mid 14th c. CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Western Galilee (?) /

Inclusions

Quartz, calcareous concretions, shale

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Local group 4a? (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Raw Material

Alluvial

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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 geometric painted ware (HMGP)

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/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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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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