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Petrographic sample: 015

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Vessel Registration Number:

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

Site Name

Tall al-Banat

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Shape

Bowl

Country/Region

Syria/Homs Desert

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Description

Loess slightly active, ss-cs, 15% voids, poorly silty

Thin Section Photos 1

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

Bowl

Tall al-Banat

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Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 2

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

Bowl

Tall al-Banat

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

Bowl

Tall al-Banat

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

southern Philistia (non coast) /

Inclusions

QZ: 40% poorly sorted 300-300 subangular-subrounded, LS: 1% 50-150 suangular, Several: mica 40-80 subangular, OP 20-60 rounded, Rare: feldspar 40-50 subrounded

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Tell Banat 1b

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Philistine Degenerated Ware

1100 BCE - 1000 BCE

Iron Age I

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