Petrographic sample: Ashkelon: 119

Vessel Registration Number:

50.58 L272 (1)

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Ashkelon

Amphora

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Iron Age IIC

Household/Utility

Description

Indeterminate Color:light brown.Fabric:Masked by Color.Pores:Macro-Meso Channels, Meso Vughs.open spaced porphyric.Interior/Exterior.

Thin Section Photos  1


Amphora
Ashkelon
Iron Age IIC

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Amphora
Ashkelon
Iron Age IIC

Petrographic Sample

Cyprus/North Syria /

Predominant: ARF (mudstone), Fine Sand-Medium Silt, Sub-Rounded, Low-Medium Sphericity, Few: Micrite (one possible biomicrite), Medium-Fine Silt, Rounded, High Sphericity, Very Rare: Monocrystalline Quartz, Medium Silt, Angular, Medium Sphericity, Very Rare: Polycrystalline Quartz, Fine Silt, Sub-Rounded, Medium Sphericity, Opaques: 1%, Black, Fine Silt, Sub-Rounded, High Sphericity, Clear Boundaries, ARF: see main section.

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

1750 BCE - 1450 BCE

Middle Cypriot I-II, Middle Cypriot III, Late Cypriot I