Petrographic sample: AZK 40526/2

Vessel Registration Number:

AZK 40526/2

Tel Azekah

1300 BCE - 1200 BCE

Cooking pot

Israel/Shephelah

Late Bronze Age III

Cooking/Food production

Description

The fabric is reddish brown in PPL, optically slighly active silty (~33%). THe silt is composed of mainly well sorted sub-rounded quartz (15%) and opaque minerals and hematite stains, heavy minerals. The non-plastic components are mainly of poorly sorted and angular of limestone (7%). 

Thin Section Photos  6

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Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1300 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age III

Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1300 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age III

Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1300 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age III

Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1300 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age III

Break Photos  1


Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1300 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age III

Vessel Images  2


Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1300 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age III

Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1300 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age III

Petrographic Sample

Tel Azekah/ Nahal HaElah/ Shephelah /

Quartz and Calcareous Fragments

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family