Petrographic sample: Ashkelon: 129

Vessel Registration Number:

Ashkelon 50.48 L453 (59)

Ashkelon

Bowl

Israel/Southern Coastal Plain

Iron Age IIC

Description

Loess with coastal inclusions Color:brown.Pores:Macro-Meso Vughs, Micro Channels.single spaced porphyric.Homogeneous.

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Ashkelon
Iron Age IIC

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Ashkelon
Iron Age IIC

Bowl
Ashkelon
Iron Age IIC

Petrographic Sample

Ashkelon Region /

Dominant: Monocrystalline Quartz, Very Fine Sand- Medium Silt, Sub-Angular-Rounded, Medium-High Sphericity, Few: Monocrystalline Quartz, Medium-Very Fine Silt, Angular, Medium Sphericity, Micrite, Medium-Fine Silt, Sub-Rounded- Rounded, Medium Sphericity, Very Few: Feldspar, Medium-Very Fine Silt, Rounded, Medium-High Sphericity, Rare: Hornblende, Medium-Very Fine Silt, Rounded, Low Sphericity, Very Rare: Olivine/Clinopyroxene, Medium-Very Fine Silt , Sub-Rounded, Medium Sphericity, Opaques: 1%, Black, Fine Silt, Angular, Medium-Low Sphericity, TCF: 1%, Slightly Darker Brown, Merging Boundaries, Low Sphericity

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