Petrographic sample: Tib (Aviv) 001

Vessel Registration Number:

Tiberias AH L:126 B:1095-2 DB:83

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Tiberias

12th c. CE

Jug/pitcher

Israel/Galilee

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/e...

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Description

The fabric is dark and alluvial, single-double spaced with ~20% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 15% sub-angular to rounded calcareous concretions/limestone (40-400 μm), 5% sub-angular to rounded quartz (30-250 μm); some: sub-angular to sub-rounded basalt, sub-rounded opaque minerals (40-100 μm), sub-angular to sub-rounded chalk (50-500 μm); rare: angular feldspar (30-80 μm), sub-rounded chert (250-300 μm).

Thin Section Photos  2


Jug/pitcher
Tiberias
12th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Jug/pitcher
Tiberias
12th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

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Vessel Images  1


Jug/pitcher
Tiberias
12th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

Western Galilee (?) /

Calcareous concretions/limestone, quartz

Local group 4c (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Alluvial

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