Horbat Bet Zeneta

13th c. CE

Bowl

Israel/Galilee

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/e...

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Description

The fabric is a slightly optically active rendzina, reddish and silty with ~15% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 15% sub-rounded to rounded foraminifera (20-80 μm), 10% sub-angular to angular quartz (20-120 μm), 5% calcareous concretions/chalk (40-350 μm), 5% sub-rounded to rounded opaque minerals; some: rounded clay balls (200-450 μm).

Thin Section Photos  1


Bowl
Horbat Bet Zeneta
13th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Break Photos  0

Vessel Images  1


Bowl
Horbat Bet Zeneta
13th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Petrographic Sample

Northern Israel /

Foraminifera, quartz, calcareous concretions, opaque minerals

Local group 3b (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Rendzina/grumusol

Associated Ware/Ware Family

10th c. - 20th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk, Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Ottoman, Ottoman