Petrographic sample: Hisban 014

Vessel Registration Number:

Hisban L: L.2.7 B: P25-1 DB: 847

Tall Hisban

mid 14th c. CE

Closed vessel

Jordan/Central Highlands

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Household/Utility

Description

The fabric is a brown and slightly optically active marl/shale, silty and double-spaced with ~20% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: sub-angular to rounded shale (50-1500 μm), 5% angular to sub-rounded quartz (30-450 μm), 2% rounded foraminifera (30-100 μm), 1% sub-angular to sub-rounded calcite (120-450 μm); some: sub-angular limestone (40-120 μm), elongated shell (50-150 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Closed vessel
Tall Hisban
mid 14th c. CE
Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  2


Closed vessel
Tall Hisban
mid 14th c. CE
Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Closed vessel
Tall Hisban
mid 14th c. CE
Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

Western Galilee (?) /

Shale, quartz, foraminifera, calcite

Local group 1a (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Marl/shale

Associated Ware/Ware Family

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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