Petrographic sample: Atar Haro'a 025

Vessel Registration Number:

Atar Har'oa 84/2

Atar Haro'a

10th c. BCE

Krater

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands

Iron Age IIA

Description

Beyond slag and shale temper, additional non-plastic inclusions comprise calcareous sand, igneous rock fragments, quartz (sometimes coarse-grained), feldspars and, rarely, sandstone and siltstone. The slag inclusions angular and appear in sizes of 0.08–2.9 mm. Their abundance varies, from as much as 13% of the thin section down to a single, small particle constituting but a fraction of a percent within the clay mass.

Thin Section Photos  1


Krater
Atar Haro'a
10th c. BCE
Iron Age IIA

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  0

Petrographic Sample

Wadi Arabah /

slag, calcareous sand, quartz, vegetal temper

calcareous clay

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

12th - 7th centuries BCE

Iron Age