Petrographic sample: Ashkelon: 132

Vessel Registration Number:

50.48 L453 (110)

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Ashkelon

Jug/pitcher

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Iron Age IIC

Household/Utility

Description

Brown/red alluvial soil with coastal inclu-sions Color:dark brown.Pores:Micro Channels, Meso Vughs.double spaced porphyric.Homogenous.

Thin Section Photos  1


Jug/pitcher
Ashkelon
Iron Age IIC

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Jug/pitcher
Ashkelon
Iron Age IIC

Petrographic Sample

Ashkelon Region /

Dominant: Monocrystalline Quartz, Fine Silt, Angular, Medium-Low Sphericity, Few: Monocrystalline Quartz, Coarse Silt, Rounded, High Sphericity, Micrite, Medium Silt, Sub-Rounded, Low Sphericity, Very Few: Hornblende, Coarse-Fine Silt, Sub-Rounded, Medium Sphericity, Rare: Feldspar, Fine Silt, Sub-Angular, Low-Medium Sphericity, Olivine/Clinopyroxene, Medium-Fine Silt, Sub-Rounded, Medium Sphericity, Very Opaques: 1%, Black, Fine Silt, Sub-Angular, Medium-High Sphericity, Sharp Boundaries, TCF: 1%, Brown, Medium Silt, Concentric Cracking, Rounded, High Sphericity

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

14th - 12th centuries BCE

Late Cypriot IIC, Late Cypriot IIIA