Petrographic sample: Hakotel 012

Jerusalem, HaKotel

14th - 15th c. CE

Jar

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Household/Utility

Description

The fabric is a dark-opaque marl, single-double spaced, and silty with ~15% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 10% sub-angular to sub-rounded to rhomboid limestone/dolomite (40-700 μm), 10% sub-angular to sub-rounded siltstone (200-1400 μm); some: sub-angular to sub-rounded clay pellets/shale, sub-rounded to rounded opaque (sub-rounded to rounded).

Thin Section Photos  1


Jar
Jerusalem
14th - 15th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Jar
Jerusalem
14th - 15th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

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

Limestone/dolomite, siltstone

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