Petrographic sample: Hakotel 011

Jerusalem, HaKotel

15th - 16th c. CE

Jar

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Late Mamluk-Early Ottoman

Household/Utility

Description

The fabric is a silty brown marl, single-spaced with ~15% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 25% angular to rhomboid calcareous concretions/dolomite (30-350 μm), 3% sub-rounded to rounded clay pellets (30-500 μm), 2% sub-angular to angular quartz (20-150 μm); some: sub-rounded to rounded opaque minerals (30-100 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Jar
Jerusalem
15th - 16th c. CE
Late Mamluk-Early Ottoman

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Jar
Jerusalem
15th - 16th c. CE
Late Mamluk-Early Ottoman

Petrographic Sample

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

Calcareous concretions/dolomite, clay pellets, quartz

Local group 5b (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Marl

Associated Ware/Ware Family

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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