Petrographic sample: AZK 82260/1

Vessel Registration Number:

AZK 82260/1

Tel Azekah

1300 BCE - 1200 BCE

Cooking pot

Israel/Shephelah

Late Bronze Age III

Cooking/Food production

Description

The fabric is brown under PPL, slightly optically active and calcareous silty clayey (~20%) with a few opaque minerals. The silt (35%) comprises mainly well sorted sub-rounded quartz. The non-plastic components are composed pf mainly poorly sorted and angular calcareous limestone (5%) ot could be chalk and nari. 

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  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

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