Petrographic sample: K. Kana 004

Vessel Registration Number:

Kfar Kanna (5083) L:113 B:1018 DB:480

Kfar Kanna, Jebel Khuweikha

14th - 15th c. CE

Israel/Galilee

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Description

The fabric is marly, slightly optically active, and silty with ~20% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 50% rounded foraminifera (40-350 μm), 2% sub-angular to angular quartz (30-80 μm); some: sub-rounded to rounded clay pellets (40-150 μm), sub-angular chalk (60-400 μm), elongated shell (40-120 μm); rare: sub-angular feldspar (30-60 μm), sub-rounded opaque minerals (30-70 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Kfar Kanna
14th - 15th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Kfar Kanna
14th - 15th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

Northern Israel /

Foraminifera, quartz

Local group 7 (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Marl

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Ottoman, Ottoman