Petrographic sample: A78/95 50.58.L318(49) TS

Vessel Registration Number:

A78/95 50.58.L318(49)

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Ashkelon

7th century BCE

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Iron Age II

Cooking/Food production

Description

This fabric is a combination of fossiliferous limestones, micrites, and chalks; fresh ultrabasic igneous rocks; and occasional basalt clasts. Most studies have associated this with ophiolite complexes in Cyprus, though similar formations in Syria are also a possibility.

Thin Section Photos  1


Grinding bowl/mortarium
Ashkelon
7th century BCE
Iron Age II

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Grinding bowl/mortarium
Ashkelon
7th century BCE
Iron Age II

Petrographic Sample

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

8th - 7th centuries BCE

Iron Age IIB