Petrographic sample: MY 16/423/29

Vessel Registration Number:

Mizpe Yammim 16/423

Mizpe Yammim

6th-4th c. BCE

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Israel/Galilee

Achaemenid Persian

Household/Utility

Description

Ferruginous fabric, barely vitrified matrix, fired between 850 and 900 ºC. Quartz grains, rounded to sub angular, some fine (0.1–0.3 mm) and some medium-size (0.5–0.7 mm), about 15% of the matrix, along with a few subrounded voids.

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

Ferruginous

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

6th-4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian