Petrographic sample: Dinila 002

Vessel Registration Number:

Khirbet Din'ila (A-1313) L:601 B:53 DB:778

Khirbet Din'ila

14th - 15th c. CE

Israel/Galilee

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Description

The fabric is fine and double-spaced, comprised of calcareous marl/shale with ~25% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 15% sub-rounded to rounded shale/clay balls (40-180 μm), 15% foraminifera (30-180 μm), 5% sub-angular to sub-rounded limestone (40-140 μm), 3% angular quartz (30-180 μm); some: rhomboid dolomite (40-60 μm).

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Khirbet Din'ila
14th - 15th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

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Petrographic Sample

Western Galilee (?) /

Shale/clay balls, foraminifera, limestone, quartz

Local group 1a (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Marl/shale

Associated Ware/Ware Family

10th c. - 20th c. CE

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