MY 6/240/39 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: MY 6/240/39

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Vessel Registration Number:

Mizpe Yammim 6/240

Site Name

Mizpe Yammim

Date

6th-4th c. BCE

Shape

Closed vessel

Country/Region

Israel/Galilee

Period

Achaemenid Persian

Functional Category

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Description

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Thin Section Photos 1

Mizpe Yammim 6/240

Closed vessel

Mizpe Yammim

6th-4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 1

Mizpe Yammim 6/240

Closed vessel

Mizpe Yammim

6th-4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

Israel / Galilee

Inclusions

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Geological Formation

mostly ferruginous, some foraminifers

Local Petrographic Group

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Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Galilee, Jezreel Valley, Central Highlands, Shephelah/calcareous/foraminiferous/rendzina soil

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Persian-Early Hellenistic Galilean wheel-made coarse ware (GCW)

6th-3rd c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian, Early Hellenistic

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Bibliography

Berlin, Andrea M.; Frankel, Rafael. "The Sanctuary at Mizpe Yammim: Phoenician Cult and Territory in the Upper Galilee during the Persian Period" Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 366 (2012), 25-78 , Figure 39.8.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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