Petrographic sample: Caesarea Maritima A5925 1120-73 PS

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Caesarea Maritima A5925 1120-73

Caesarea Maritima

Transport amphora

Israel/Central Coastal Plain

Byzantine

Transport/Storage

Description

The fabric is a dark greenish-brown in PPL and significantly degraded, probably from high firing temperatures. Planar and vesicular shaped voids are common, and many seem to be burnt out calcareous grains. Silt represents about 3% of the entire fabric. 


Aplastic components range from 100–200 microns across and tend to be angular to sub-angular in shape. Polycrystalline quartz is the most common, ca. 40–50%, while decomposed and unidentifiable calcacreous material is ca. 30%


 

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Transport amphora
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine

Transport amphora
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine

Transport amphora
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine

Transport amphora
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine

Break Photos  2


Transport amphora
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine

Transport amphora
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine

Vessel Images  4


Transport amphora
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine

Transport amphora
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine

Transport amphora
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine

Transport amphora
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine

Petrographic Sample

Quartz, calcareous material, pyroxene

Non-calcareous clay

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman