MCP 013 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: MCP 013

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Vessel Registration Number:

St. Mary, Mt. Carmel L: A.4.7 B: 223-5794 DB: 498

Site Name

Mt. Carmel, St. Mary

Date

14th - 15th c. CE

Shape

Closed vessel

Country/Region

Israel/Carmel Mountains

Period

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Functional Category

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Description

The fabric is a fine, slightly optically active marl, single-double spaced with ~15% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 20% sub-angular to rounded calcareous concretions (40-450 μm), 10% sub-angular to rounded shale (40-350 μm), 10% sub-angular to rounded quartz (50-350 μm); some: rounded foraminifera (30-80 μm), rhomboid dolomite (30-60 μm), sub-angular to sub-rounded serpentine/opaque minerals (40-120 μm).

Thin Section Photos 1

St. Mary, Mt. Carmel L: A.4.7 B: 223-5794 DB: 498

Closed vessel

Mt. Carmel

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

St. Mary, Mt. Carmel L: A.4.7 B: 223-5794 DB: 498

Closed vessel

Mt. Carmel

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Western Galilee (?) /

Inclusions

Calcareous concretions, shale, quartz

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Local group 1a (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Raw Material

Marl/shale

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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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