Ophel 172 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Ophel 172

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Vessel Registration Number:

Ophel 172

Site Name

Jerusalem, City of David/Ophel

Date

10th c. BCE

Shape

Jar, storage

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Period

Iron Age IIA

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

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Description

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Thin Section Photos 1

Ophel 172

Jar, storage

Jerusalem

10th c. BCE

Iron Age IIA

Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 0

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

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Inclusions

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Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

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Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel/Western Galilee/Lower Cretaceous/ferruginous ooliths and silty ferruginous matrix

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

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Bibliography

David Ben-Shlomo. The Iron Age Pottery of Jerusalem: A Typological and Technological Study. Ariel University Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series No. 2 Israel: Ariel University Press, 2019 , Figure 7.29.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Ben-Shlomo 2019 TS Petrographic Group 6