Petrographic sample: Lejoun 004

Vessel Registration Number:

Lejoun L:159 B:1144-27 DB:797

Megiddo - Legio/Lejjun

14th - 15th c. CE

Jar

Israel/Jezreel Valley

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Household/Utility

Description

The fabric is a dark, reddish, single-spaced marl with ~20% voids. Then non-plastic inclusions are: 10% sub-rounded to angular calcareous concretions (40-550 μm), 10% angular to sub-rounded quartz (20-180 μm), 7% sub-angular to sub-rounded shale (80-800 μm); some: elongated feldspar (20-70 μm), sub-angular to sub-rounded siltstone (60-450 μm), sub-angular to elongated mica (30-80 μm), sub-rounded opaque minerals (30-100 μm), angular chert (60-250 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Jar
Megiddo - Legio/Lejjun
14th - 15th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Jar
Megiddo - Legio/Lejjun
14th - 15th c. CE
Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

Calcareous concretions, quartz, shale

Local group 9 (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