Mt. Carmel, St. Mary

14th - 15th c. CE

Jug/pitcher

Israel/Carmel Mountains

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Description


The fabric is a silty and slightly optically active rendzina, single-spaced with ~15% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 15% rounded foraminifera (30-120 μm), 20% sub-angular to rounded chalk/calcareous concretions (50-800 μm), 10% sub-rounded to rounded shale/clay pellets (40-300 μm), 5% sub-angular to rounded quartz (40-180 μm); some: sub-angular limestone (50-200 μm), sub-angular to sub-rounded opaque minerals; rare: sub-angular mica (50-150 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


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

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


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

Petrographic Sample

Northern Israel /

Foraminifera, chalk/calcareous concretions, shale/clay pellets, quartz

Local group 3a (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Rendzina/grumusol

Associated Ware/Ware Family

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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