Petrographic sample: K. Kana 001

Vessel Registration Number:

Kfar Kanna (5083) L:113 B:1024 DB:475

Kfar Kanna, Jebel Khuweikha

14th c. CE

Jug/pitcher

Israel/Galilee

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Description

The fabric is marly and slightly optically active, single-spaced and silty, with ~20% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 20% sub-angular to rounded chalk/calcareous concretions (80-1200 μm), 5% angular to rounded quartz (30-200 μm); some: sub-angular to sub-rounded serpentine/opaque (40-150 μm), rhomboid dolomite (40-80 μm), rounded foraminifera (30-80 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Jug/pitcher
Kfar Kanna
14th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Jug/pitcher
Kfar Kanna
14th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

Western Galilee (?) /

Chalk/calcareous concretions, quartz

Local group 1a (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Marl/shale

Associated Ware/Ware Family

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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