Petrographic sample: Hakotel 007

Jerusalem, Old City/East Je...

14th - 15th c. CE

Jug/pitcher

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Description

The fabric is a dark-opaque marl, silty and double-spaced with ~20% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 10% sub-angular to sub-rounded shale calcareous concretions (50-450 μm), 10% sub-angular to rounded shale (40-380 μm), 5% rhomboid dolomite (30-400 μm); some: angular quartz (30-120 μm), sub-angular to sub-rounded chalk (200-700 μm), sub-rounded opaque minerals (30-180 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Jug/pitcher
Jerusalem
14th - 15th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Jug/pitcher
Jerusalem
14th - 15th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

Western Galilee (?) /

Calcareous concretions, shale, dolomite

Local group 1 (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Marl

Associated Ware/Ware Family

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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