Safi SF 330 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Safi SF 330

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Vessel Registration Number:

Safi Locus: Area A Basket: 510241/20

Site Name

Tell es-Safi/Gath

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Shape

Bowl

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Period

Iron Age IIB

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

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Description

brown/terra rossa dark, reddish, ss-cs, 5% voids

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Safi Locus: Area A Basket: 510241/20

Bowl

Tell es-Safi/Gath

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Iron Age IIB

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

southern shephelah /

Inclusions

QZ: 25% moderately sorted 30-200 a, LS: 10% 40-350 sa-r, Several: mica 30-80 sa-sr, OP 30-80 sr-r, FR 40-120 cell.

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Safi 1b

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coast/alluvial clay/rounded sand and angular silt quartz

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Neo-Assyrian-style ware

750 BCE - 650 BCE

Iron Age IIB, Iron Age IIC

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