MCP 011 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: MCP 011

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Vessel Registration Number:

St. Mary, Mt. Carmel L: A.3.7 B: 1570 DB: 496

Site Name

Mt. Carmel, St. Mary

Date

14th - 15th c. CE

Shape

Bowl

Country/Region

Israel/Carmel Mountains

Period

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

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Description

marl slightly active, ss-cs, 15% voids, silty

Thin Section Photos 1

St. Mary, Mt. Carmel L: A.3.7 B: 1570 DB: 496

Bowl

Mt. Carmel

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

St. Mary, Mt. Carmel L: A.3.7 B: 1570 DB: 496

Bowl

Mt. Carmel

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

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Inclusions

LC/CC: 25% 30-130 sa-r, shale/grog: 15% 40-550 sr-a, sevearal a 600-800 grog?, QZ: 5% 30-350 sa-r, OP-serpentine 40-120 sa-sr, calcite 50-150 sa, Rare: mica 50-120 sa-sr

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

St. Mary, Mt. Carmel 1a

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Lower Cretaceous/argillaceous/shales-mature sandstone-siltstone

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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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