Petrographic sample: Ashkelon: 111

Vessel Registration Number:

A89/96.50.48.L453 (108)

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Ashkelon

c. 700-550 BCE

Bottle

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Iron Age IIC

Cosmetic/Toilette/Medicine

Description

Clay from Negev or SE Philistia (like fig. 4.7) Color:yellow.Fabric:Crystallitic or Speckled b-fabric (thin).Pores:Meso Vughs.double spaced porphyric.Homogeneous.

Thin Section Photos  1


Bottle
Ashkelon
c. 700-550 BCE
Iron Age IIC

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Bottle
Ashkelon
c. 700-550 BCE
Iron Age IIC

Petrographic Sample

Northwestern Negev /

Common: Monocrystalline Quartz, Medium-Fine Silt, Angular, Low-Medium Sphericity, Micrite, Fine Silt, Clay, Monocrystalline Quartz, Coarse-Medium Silt, Sub-Angular, Medium Sphericity, Sparrite, Medium-Fine Silt, Sub-Rounded, Medium Sphericity, Very Rare: Feldspar, Fine Silt, Angular, Low Sphericity, Muscovite, Medium-Fine Silt, Angular, Low Sphericity, Olivine/Clinopyroxene, Fine Silt, Sub-Rounded, Medium Sphericity, Opaques: 3%, Black, Fine-Very Fine Silt, Angular, Medium Sphericity, Sharp Boundaries, TCF: 1%, Medium Silt, Rounded, High-Low Sphericity, Merging Boundaries

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

750 BCE - 650 BCE

Iron Age IIB, Iron Age IIC