SF 051 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: SF 051

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Vessel Registration Number:

Safi Locus: 34011 Basket: 340165

Site Name

Tell es-Safi/Gath

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Shape

Jar

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain

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Functional Category

Household/Utility

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Description

Dark brown? Inactive, dark, ds, 25% voids, poorly silty.

Thin Section Photos 1

Safi Locus: 34011 Basket: 340165

Jar

Tell es-Safi/Gath

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Break Photos 0

Vessel Images 0

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

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Inclusions

QZ: 15%, well sorted, 30-60 a, LS: 10%, 100-600 r, several: CC/chalk 100-250 r, rare: mica 20-40 sa, bioclast (bone?) 300-400 sa.

Geological Formation

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Local Petrographic Group

Tell es-Safi/Gath 5c

Raw Material

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Cypriot Late Bronze Age Plain Ware

14th - 12th centuries BCE

Late Cypriot IIC, Late Cypriot IIIA

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