AR 001 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: AR 001

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Vessel Registration Number:

Arad 7012/1

Site Name

Arad

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Shape

Amphoriskos

Country/Region

Israel/Negev

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

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Description

Loess? Carbonate, slightly active, os, 10% voids, highly silty.

Thin Section Photos 1

Arad 7012/1

Amphoriskos

Arad

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Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 0

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

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Inclusions

QZ: 15%, moderately sorted, 20-80 a, CC/bioclasts: 7%, 40-150 sr, FR: 5%, 80-150 r (cellular, several ferrous 500-600 r), LS: 2%, 60-200 sr, rare: shell 300, mica 20-60 sa,OP 20-60 sa, feldspar 20-30 a.

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Arad F

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Late Philistine Decorated Ware (Ashdod Ware)

1000 BCE - 586 BCE

Iron Age II

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