Petrographic sample: MY 5/259/31

Vessel Registration Number:

Mizpe Yammim 5/259

Mizpe Yammim

6th-4th c. BCE

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Israel/Galilee

Achaemenid Persian

Household/Utility

Description

Ferruginous coarse fabric, about 2% quartz silt containing some chert and basaltic minerals of olivine and plagioclase, only a few inclusions of grog and chalk (1–2 mm), and irregular elongated voids, indicating burned-out organic temper.

Thin Section Photos  1


Grinding bowl/mortarium
Mizpe Yammim
6th-4th c. BCE
Achaemenid Persian

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Grinding bowl/mortarium
Mizpe Yammim
6th-4th c. BCE
Achaemenid Persian

Petrographic Sample

Israel / Hula Valley

Ferruginous fabric

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

6th-4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian