Tamra 001 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Tamra 001

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Vessel Registration Number:

Tamra L: 314 B: 3008 DB No.: 793

Site Name

Tamra

Date

14th - 16th c. CE

Shape

Jug/pitcher

Country/Region

Israel/Jezreel Valley

Period

Late Mamluk-Early Ottoman

Functional Category

Household/Utility

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Description

The fabric is an opaque alluvial soil, double spaced with ~30% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 10% angular to rounded quartz (20-500 μm, poorly sorted), 10% sub-angular to rounded calcareous concretions (80-750 μm); some: sub-angular to angular chert (60-400 μm), sub-rounded opaque minerals (30-120 μm).

Thin Section Photos 1

Tamra L: 314 B: 3008 DB No.: 793

Jug/pitcher

Tamra

14th - 16th c. CE

Late Mamluk-Early Ottoman

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

Tamra L: 314 B: 3008 DB No.: 793

Jug/pitcher

Tamra

14th - 16th c. CE

Late Mamluk-Early Ottoman

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Western Galilee (?) /

Inclusions

Quartz, calcareous concretions

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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