Petrographic sample: K. Kana 003

Vessel Registration Number:

Kfar Kanna (5083) L:113 B:1030 DB:478

Kfar Kanna, Jebel Khuweikha

14th - 15th c. CE

Bowl

Israel/Galilee

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Description

The fabric is a dark rendzina, single spaced, with ~20% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 25% sub-rounded to rounded foraminifera (30-150 μm), 10% sub-angular to rounded chalk (60-600 μm), 5% angular quartz (30-120 μm), 10% sub-rounded to rhomboid limestone/dolomite (60-450 μm); some: sub-rounded to rounded opaque minerals (30-100 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Bowl
Kfar Kanna
14th - 15th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Bowl
Kfar Kanna
14th - 15th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

Northern Israel /

Foraminifera, chalk, quartz, limestone/dolomite

Local group 3a (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Rendzina

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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