Hawarit S3 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Hawarit S3

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Vessel Registration Number:

Hawarit surf S3

Site Name

Khirbet el-Hawarit

Date

c. 200 - 600 CE

Shape

Bowl

Country/Region

Israel/Golan

Period

Middle Roman, Late Roman

Functional Category

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Description

Same lithology as Hawarit S2, but apparently fires at less oxidized atmosphere (sherd is of grayish tan in the thin-section. In the section was observed one ~2.0 mm sub-angular inclusion of chalk or decomposed limestone.

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Hawarit surf S3

Bowl

Khirbet el-Hawarit

c. 200 - 600 CE

Middle Roman, Late Roman

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Israel /

Inclusions

mature quartz sand, ferruginous shale, siltstone

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

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Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Syria/Israel/Mount Hermon foothills/Lower Cretaceous ferruginous shale and mature quartz

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Golan Mid-Late Roman Hawarit ware

ca. 200 CE - 600 CE

Roman, Byzantine

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Bibliography

Hartal, Moshe; Hudson, Nicholas; and Berlin, Andrea M. "Khirbet el-Hawarit: A Ceramic Workshop on the Mt. Hermon Slopes" ‘Atiqot 59 (2008), 131-155

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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