AS 026 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: AS 026

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Vessel Registration Number:

Ashdod H2362/A

Site Name

Ashdod

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Shape

Bowl

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Period

Iron Age IA

Functional Category

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Description

Dark brown? Inactive, dark, ss, 5% voids, non silty.

Thin Section Photos 1

Ashdod H2362/A

Bowl

Ashdod

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Iron Age IA

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 0

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

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Inclusions

QZ: 35%, well sorted, 30-100 a, OP: 2%, 20-60 sa, LS: 1%, 40-80 a, rare: mica 10-20 sa, feldspar 50 sr.

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Ashdod D1

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Philistine I: Monochrome

1200 BCE - 1130 BCE

Iron Age I

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Bibliography

Dothan, Moshe, David Ben-Shlomo, Donald T. Ariel, Esti Dueitch, Amir Golani, Othmar Keel, Edward F. Maher. "Chapter 3: Material Culture" in Ashdod VI: The Excavations of Areas H and K (1968-1969), ed(s). Ann Roshwalb Hurowitz. Israel Antiquities Authority Reports 24. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2005, 63–246 , Number 11, Page(s) 67, 68, Plate 3.2.

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