Petrographic sample: GH (A) 004

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Vessel Registration Number:

Gush Halav (4257) L:113 B:113/22 DB:741

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Tel Gush Halav

13th c. CE

Bowl

Israel/Galilee

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/e...

Dining/Drinking/Serving

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Description

The fabric is a dark rendzina with ~10% voids. The non-plastic inclusions are: 25% sub-angular to rounded chalk/calcareous concretions (40-350 μm), 20% poorly sorted angular to sub-angular quartz (20-180 μm), 5% rounded foraminifera (30-120 μm).

Thin Section Photos  4


Bowl
Tel Gush Halav
13th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Bowl
Tel Gush Halav
13th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Bowl
Tel Gush Halav
13th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Bowl
Tel Gush Halav
13th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

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Vessel Images  1


Bowl
Tel Gush Halav
13th c. CE
Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk
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Petrographic Sample

Northern Israel /

Chalk/calcareous concretions, quartz, foraminifera

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Local group 3b (Gabrieli et al 2014)

Rendzina/grumusol

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Medieval-Modern Levantine Handmade Unpainted ware

10th c. - 20th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk, Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Ottoman, Ottoman

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Bibliography

  1. Gabrieli R.S., Ben-Shlomo D. and Walker B.J. 2014. "Production and Distribution of Geometric-Painted (HMGP) and Plain Hand-Made Wares of the Mamluk Period: A Case Study from Northern Israel, Jerusalem and Hisban" Journal of Islamic Archaeology 1 (2015), 193-229
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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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