Petrographic sample: Tell Burak 14-29/23-019-1075 PS

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Tell Burak 14-29/23-019-1075

Tell el-Burak

750 - 650 BCE

Transport amphora

Lebanon/Southern Coast

Iron Age IIB, Iron Age IIC

Transport/Storage

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Samples belonging to Fabric 1C (Schmitt et al 2019) generally contain roughly 35–40% non-plastic inclusions and voids. The samples are dominated (25–30%) by medium sand-sized grains of quartz that are generally sub- to well-rounded and equant. A few elongate grains can also be observed. The quartz grains are sometimes polycrystalline and often exhibit an undulose extinction. Rounded pieces of medium sandsized grey micritic limestone also occur (5–9%), along with infrequent highly rounded fine sand-sized grains of calcite (1–3%). Large rounded coarse sandsized argillaceous bodies are found rarely (1–3%). These commonly contain silt-sized grains of quartz and are often surrounded by shrinkage voids. Their texture shows they are hig...

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Transport amphora
Tell el-Burak
750 - 650 BCE
Iron Age IIB, Iron Age IIC

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Transport amphora
Tell el-Burak
750 - 650 BCE
Iron Age IIB, Iron Age IIC

Petrographic Sample

Southern Coastal Lebanon /

Quartz grains, micritic limestone fragments

Fabric 1C (Schmitt et al 2019)

Alluvial soils

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family