Petrographic sample: Sepphoris 77.1740.2.2 PS

Vessel Registration Number:

Sepphoris 77.1740.2.2

Zippori

Amphora

Israel/Galilee

Byzantine

Transport/Storage

Description

Fabric is a light gray-green color in PPL, and very highly sintered.


Little quartz silt. Some silt sized heavy minerals.


Poorly sorted inclusions. Including feldspar, maybe some sort of peridotite rock? there is olivine. Pyroxene with good cleavage. Acidic igneous minerals, maybe feldspar.


Compare to Kition and Kourion material.


 

Thin Section Photos  6

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Amphora
Zippori
Byzantine

Amphora
Zippori
Byzantine

Amphora
Zippori
Byzantine

Amphora
Zippori
Byzantine

Break Photos  2


Amphora
Zippori
Byzantine

Amphora
Zippori
Byzantine

Vessel Images  3


Amphora
Zippori
Byzantine

Amphora
Zippori
Byzantine

Amphora
Zippori
Byzantine

Petrographic Sample

Cyprus /

Quartz

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman