Hakotel 005 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Hakotel 005

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Vessel Registration Number:

Jerusalem Western Wall Plaza L: 3096 B: 30958 DB: 267

Site Name

Jerusalem, HaKotel

Date

14th - 15th c. CE

Shape

Basin

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Period

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Functional Category

Household/Utility

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Description

The fabric is a dark-reddish marl, fine with ~10% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 20% sub-angular to rounded shale/opaque minerals (60-1200 μm), 5% sub-rounded calcareous concretions (30-220 μm); some: sub-angular quartz (30-80 μm).

Thin Section Photos 1

Jerusalem Western Wall Plaza L: 3096 B: 30958 DB: 267

Basin

Jerusalem

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

Jerusalem Western Wall Plaza L: 3096 B: 30958 DB: 267

Basin

Jerusalem

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

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Inclusions

Shale/opaque minerals, calcareous concretions

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Local group 8 (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Raw Material

Marl

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Medieval-Modern Levantine handmade geometric painted ware (HMGP)

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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

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Bibliography

Gabrieli R.S., Ben-Shlomo D. and Walker B.J. 2014. "Production and Distribution of Geometric-Painted (HMGP) and Plain Hand-Made Wares of the Mamluk Period: A Case Study from Northern Israel, Jerusalem and Hisban" Journal of Islamic Archaeology 1 (2015), 193-229

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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