Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

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Vessel Registration Number:

Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

Site Name

Beth Shemesh

Date

Late 8th - early 6th c. BCE

Shape

Bowl, deep

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authorit...

Period

Iron Age IIC

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

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Description

The clay is calcareous, porous brownish in PPL. There is about 30 % silt composed of mainly angular quartz. The inclusions are iron oxides, plus poorly sorted rounded calcareous rocks, the maximum measure up to 2mm.

Voids: 10 % big and small voids, irregular shape, the maximum measure up to 2mm.

Thin Section Photos 15

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Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

Bowl, deep

Beth Shemesh

Late 8th - early 6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC

Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

Bowl, deep

Beth Shemesh

Late 8th - early 6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC

Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

Bowl, deep

Beth Shemesh

Late 8th - early 6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC

Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

Bowl, deep

Beth Shemesh

Late 8th - early 6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC

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Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

Bowl, deep

Beth Shemesh

Late 8th - early 6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC

Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

Bowl, deep

Beth Shemesh

Late 8th - early 6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC

Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

Bowl, deep

Beth Shemesh

Late 8th - early 6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC

Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

Bowl, deep

Beth Shemesh

Late 8th - early 6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC

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Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

Bowl, deep

Beth Shemesh

Late 8th - early 6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC

Beth Shemesh. ETBS-A L.1207. B.6036

Bowl, deep

Beth Shemesh

Late 8th - early 6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

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Inclusions

Iron oxides

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

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Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Southern Levantine Bronze-Iron Age Plain Wares

3200-c. 550 BCE

Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, Iron Age

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Bibliography

Na’aman, N. "Was Khirbet Qeiyafa a Judahite City? The Case Against It" Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 17 (2017), 1 - 40
Gross, Boaz. "The Other Site of Beth Shemesh: Salvage Archaeology Exposes Deep History of Famed Biblical Site.", 2021. Bible History Daily. , March 2021
Bunimovitz, Shlomo. and Lederman Zevi. "The Archaeology of Border Communities: Renewed Excavations at Tel Beth Shemesh, Part I: The Iron Age." Near East Archaeology 72.3 (2009), 114-142
Bunimovitz, Shlomo. and Lederman Zevi. The Beth Shemesh: A Border in Judah, Renewed Excavations 1990- 2000: the Iron Age. Winona Lake, Indiana: Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology., 2016
Capek, F. "The Shephelah in the Iron I and Iron Age IIA Anew Survey of the Emergence of the Early Kingdom of Judah. " Archiv Orientalni. 80.3 (2012), 475-504
Ilani, S., Lederman, Z. and Bunimovitz, S. "Iron Oxide Concentration as Raw Material for Iron IIA, Iron Metallurgy in the Southern Levant: New Evidence from Tel Beth Shemesh" Journal of Archaeological Science. 34 (2020), 1-9
Iserlis, M. and Goren, Yuval. in Tel ‘Aroer: The Iron Age II Caravan Town and the Hellenistic-Early Roman City, ed(s). Thareani. Y. Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion.: Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, 2011
Mackenzie, D., Bunimovitz, S., Lederman, Z. and Momigliano, M. The Excavations of Beth Shemesh, November-December 1912. New York: Routledge- Taylor & Francis Group, 2016

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