Petrographic sample: Azekah_S22068

Vessel Registration Number:

Tel_Azekah_B22068

Tel Azekah

1400-1300 BCE

Bowl

Israel/Shephelah

Late Bronze Age II

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Description

Clay matrix is fine-grained and moderately homogeneous, making up around 75% of the fabric. There is a fabric orientation in the clay with apparent striations noticeable especially under PPL. Clay is light to medium brown under XPL and medium to darker brown under PPL. Inclusions comprise around 20% of the fabric and are poorly sorted. Feldspars are the most frequent inclusion particularly in the altered form of serasite, with most measuring between .05 mm and .15 mm. Biotites are inter-spaced throughout the fabric, being equant sub-angular to sub-rounded and ranging from .02 mm to .1 mm. A small number of quartz minerals and siltstone lithics can be observed, the quartz measuring around .01-.02 mm and the siltstone exceeding .25 mm. A possible olivine can be observed, equant sub-rounded in shape and measuring .25 mm. Voids in this petrofabric are more elongated and comprise of around 5% of the total sample. 


 

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Bowl
Tel Azekah
1400-1300 BCE
Late Bronze Age II

Bowl
Tel Azekah
1400-1300 BCE
Late Bronze Age II

Bowl
Tel Azekah
1400-1300 BCE
Late Bronze Age II

Bowl
Tel Azekah
1400-1300 BCE
Late Bronze Age II

Break Photos  3


Bowl
Tel Azekah
1400-1300 BCE
Late Bronze Age II

Bowl
Tel Azekah
1400-1300 BCE
Late Bronze Age II

Bowl
Tel Azekah
1400-1300 BCE
Late Bronze Age II

Vessel Images  3


Bowl
Tel Azekah
1400-1300 BCE
Late Bronze Age II

Bowl
Tel Azekah
1400-1300 BCE
Late Bronze Age II

Bowl
Tel Azekah
1400-1300 BCE
Late Bronze Age II

Petrographic Sample

Cyprus /

Clay

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

ca. 1650-1200 BCE

Middle Cypriot III, Late Cypriot I, Late Cypriot II