Meg E.Arie 032 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Meg E.Arie 032

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Vessel Registration Number:

Megiddo: 08/H/36/VS1

Site Name

Tell Megiddo

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Shape

Strainer jug

Country/Region

Israel/Jezreel Valley

Period

Late Bronze Age III, Iron Age I

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Description

chalky marl active, calc., ss, 10% voids, silty

Thin Section Photos 1

Megiddo: 08/H/36/VS1

Strainer jug

Tell Megiddo

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Late Bronze Age III, Iron Age I

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 0

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Megiddo /

Inclusions

Chalk: 20% 80-1200 sr-r, FR: 15% 30-300 sr-r, Clay balls: 80-500 sr-r, Several: OP 30-100 sr, calcite 40-120 sa, QZ 20-60 a, Rare: dolomite? 30-50 rhomb

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Megiddo 1a

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