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Yodefat 89

Yodefat

2nd c. BCE

Jar

Israel/Galilee

Middle Hellenistic

Household/Utility

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This vessel has a ferruginous matrix with some calcareous clay, very small amounts of silt, and voids from burned-out organic matter. Some of these voids are surrounded with gray aureoles. Such aureoles appear when the firing is too short to completely destroy the organic material. Coarse inclusions range from about 7% to 10%. Inclusions comprise chalk, crystalline limestone, ferruginous shale, terra rossa nodules, and aquatic shells. The chalk appears as rounded to elongated bodies, poorly sorted and varying in size from 0.5 to 2.0 mm. The limestone grains are subangular or subrounded in shape and range from 0.7 to 1.0 to 2.5 mm in size. Two kinds of limestone appear: crystalline and biogenic (i.e., laden with fossil shells). The sha...

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Jar
Yodefat
2nd c. BCE
Middle Hellenistic

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Petrographic Sample

Associated Ware/Ware Family

late 3rd-mid 2nd c. BCE

Middle Hellenistic