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

Description

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 highly argillaceous and likely represent clay pellets that perhaps remained unmixed during the preparation of the clay. Clay pellets are also observed that are lighter in colour and contain an abundance of microfossils. Highly rounded grains, orange in ppl, are noted rarely <1%. These grains exhibit little to no optical activity; they were identified as glauconite by SEM-EDS. Grains of zircon, microcline and epidote occurred in trace amounts. Fossils occurred rarely (1–3%), but consistently. Various species of globigerina are most common. Benthic fossils are represented infrequently by weathered fragments of nummilites. Fragments of coralline algae (such as amphiroa or mesophyllum) occurred infrequently (Fabric 2, Schmitt et al 2019).

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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