SF 333 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: SF 333

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Vessel Registration Number:

Safi Locus: AreaF Basket: 1152002

Site Name

Tell es-Safi/Gath

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Shape

Cooking pot

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Period

Iron Age IIB

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Description

rendzina/brown? dark, brown, ss-cs, 15% voids, silty

Thin Section Photos 1

Safi Locus: AreaF Basket: 1152002

Cooking pot

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Iron Age IIB

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

Safi Locus: AreaF Basket: 1152002

Cooking pot

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Iron Age IIB

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

southern shephelah /

Inclusions

QZ: 25% moderately sorted 20-150 a-sa, LS: 15% 50-2200 sa-r, Several: chalk 200-1300 sa-sr, calcite 100-500 sa-a, FR 30-100 r, mica 30-80 sa-sr, dolostone? 600-850 sa

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Safi 3/1?

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel/Shephelah, Negev/loess/calcareous clay-calcareous sand

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Southern Levantine MBA-Iron Age cooking ware

c. 1800 - 500 BCE

Middle Bronze Age II, Middle Bronze Age III, Late Bronze Age, Iron Age

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