017 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: 017

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Vessel Registration Number:

Tell Banat Reg. No.: Tell BanatReg. No.: 89-26/1-5

Site Name

Tall al-Banat

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Shape

Bowl

Country/Region

Syria/Homs Desert

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Description

Loess inactive, ss-cs, 10% voids, non silty

Thin Section Photos 1

Tell Banat Reg. No.: Tell BanatReg. No.: 89-26/1-5

Bowl

Tall al-Banat

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Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 2

Tell Banat Reg. No.: Tell BanatReg. No.: 89-26/1-5

Bowl

Tall al-Banat

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Tell Banat Reg. No.: Tell BanatReg. No.: 89-26/1-5

Bowl

Tall al-Banat

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

southern Philistia (non coast) /

Inclusions

QZ: 30% moderately sorted 30-80 angular, LS: 1% 50-150 subangular, OP : 2% 30-80 sunrounded, Several: mica 30-70 subrounded

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Tell Banat 1b

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Philistine II: Iron Age Bichrome ware

1150 BCE - 1000 BCE

Iron Age I

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