Akko Pers 014 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Akko Pers 014

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Vessel Registration Number:

Akko B: 167/17

Site Name

'Akko/Acre

Date

5th - 4th c. BCE

Shape

Bowl

Country/Region

Israel/Northern Coastal Plain

Period

Achaemenid Persian, Early H...

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

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Description

micaceous brown, ds, 3% voids, fine

Thin Section Photos 1

Akko B: 167/17

Bowl

'Akko/Acre

5th - 4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian, Early Hellenistic

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

Akko B: 167/17

Bowl

'Akko/Acre

5th - 4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian, Early Hellenistic

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Unknown /

Inclusions

Mica: 12% 20-80 elong., QZ: 5% 20-120 sa-a, Several: clay pellets 80-550 sr-r, LS 40-320 sa-sr, OP 30-120 sr-r

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Akko FW1

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean/Alluvial soils/Mica

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Kelenderis Band-Painted ware

7th-4th BCE

Iron Age III, Achaemenid Persian

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Bibliography

Gunnar Lehmann, Yiftah Shalev, Hans Mommsen, David Ben-Shlomo, Małgorzata Daszkiewicz, Gerwulf Schneider, and Ayelet Gilboa. "The Kelenderis pottery workshop(s): newly identified agents in East Mediterranean maritime exchange networks in the Achaemenid period" Levant (2020) , Figure 7.

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