Hakotel 002 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Hakotel 002

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Vessel Registration Number:

Jerusalem Western Wall Plaza L: 304 B: 3399 DB: 249

Site Name

Jerusalem, HaKotel

Date

14th - 16th c. CE

Shape

Basin

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Period

Late Mamluk-Early Ottoman

Functional Category

Household/Utility

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Description

The fabric is a reddish marl/shale, fine and single-double-spaced with ~10% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 20% sub-angular to rounded shale (50-450 μm), 15% sub-rounded to sub-angular limestone/calcareous concretions; some: sub-angular to sub-rounded opaque minerals (30-300 μm); rare: sub-angular quartz (20-30 μm).

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Jerusalem Western Wall Plaza L: 304 B: 3399 DB: 249

Basin

Jerusalem

14th - 16th c. CE

Late Mamluk-Early Ottoman

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Jerusalem Western Wall Plaza L: 304 B: 3399 DB: 249

Basin

Jerusalem

14th - 16th c. CE

Late Mamluk-Early Ottoman

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Western Galilee (?) /

Inclusions

Shale, limestone/calcareous concretions

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Local group 1a (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Raw Material

Marl/shale

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Lower Cretaceous/argillaceous/shales-mature sandstone-siltstone

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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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