Petrographic sample: Hakotel 004

Jerusalem, Old City/East Je...

12th - 15th c. CE

Jug/pitcher

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/e...

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Description

The fabric is a slightly optically active marl/rendzina, fine, and single-spaced with ~15% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 25% sub-angular to rhomboid dolomite/calcareous concretions (50-800 μm), 5% sub-angular to angular limestone (80-750 μm); some: sub-angular reddish opaque minerals (40-150 μm), sub-angular to sub-rounded quartz (30-80 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Jug/pitcher
Jerusalem
12th - 15th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Jug/pitcher
Jerusalem
12th - 15th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

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

Dolomite/calcareous concretions, limestone

Local group 5 (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Marl/rendzina

Associated Ware/Ware Family

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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