Petrographic sample: Ashkelon: 102

Vessel Registration Number:

50.48 L453 (111)

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Ashkelon

Jar

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Iron Age IIC

Household/Utility

Description

Cypriot or North Syrian clay Color:brown.Fabric:Random Striated b-fabric (thin).Pores:Meso Vughs.single spaced porphyric.Interior/Exterior.

Thin Section Photos  1


Jar
Ashkelon
Iron Age IIC

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Jar
Ashkelon
Iron Age IIC

Petrographic Sample

Cyprus/North Syria /

Frequent: Micrite, Coarse-Fine Silt, Rounded, High Sphericity, Common: Peridotite (various stages of serpentinization) Coarse-Medium Silt, Rounded, Medium Sphericity, Few: Monocrystalline Quartz, Medium Silt, Sub-Angular, Medium Sphericity, Very Few: Clinopyroxene, Medium Silt, Sub-Angular, Low Sphericity, Hornblende, Medium Silt, Sub-Angular, Low Sphericity, Rare: Feldspar, Medium-Fine Silt, Angular, Low Sphericity, Very Opaques: 2%, Black, Medium-Fine Silt, Angular, Medium-Low Sphericity, Sharp Boundaries

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

1750 BCE - 1450 BCE

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