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Site name (primary, secondary):

'Iraq al-Amir

Country/region:

Jordan/Central Highlands

Alternate names & spellings:

Araq el-Amir, Iraq el-...

Coordinates (N,E):

31.9128 , 35.7514

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Early Hellenistic, Hel...

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The Qasr al-'Abd (photo taken by Andrea Berlin)

The Qasr al-'Abd, view inside (photo taken by Andrea Berlin)

Vessels 84

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'Iraq al-Amir AE61_II_8_6_250

Cooking pot

'Iraq al-Amir

363-450 CE

Byzantine

'Iraq al-Amir AE61.I.6.37.1240

Juglet

'Iraq al-Amir

100 BCE - 200 CE

Late Hellenistic, Nabatean/Early Roman, Middle Roman

'Iraq al-Amir AE62.I.1.119.1209

Stand

'Iraq al-Amir

200 - 324 CE

Middle-Late Roman

'Iraq al-Amir AE62.I.9.115.1242

Baking dish/pan

'Iraq al-Amir

100 BCE - 50 CE

Late Hellenistic, Nabatean/Early Roman

Break Photos 71

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'Iraq al-Amir AE.61.II.7.49.244

Dish

'Iraq al-Amir

363-450 CE

Byzantine

'Iraq al-Amir AE61_II_7_65_573

Bowl

'Iraq al-Amir

363-450 CE

Byzantine

'Iraq al-Amir AE61_II_2_20_609

Cooking pot

'Iraq al-Amir

363-450 CE

Byzantine

'Iraq al-Amir AE61.II.2.35.616

Cooking pot

'Iraq al-Amir

363-450 CE

Byzantine

Petrographic Samples 65

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'Iraq al-Amir AE62.I.3.27.1231
'Iraq al-Amir AE62.I.3.27.1231
'Iraq al-Amir

1st c. CE

Nabatean/Early Roman

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Polarized Light?
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'Iraq al-Emir AE62.I.11.41 PS
'Iraq al-Emir AE62.I.11.41
'Iraq al-Amir

100 - 200 CE

Nabatean/Early Roman, Middle Roman

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'Iraq al-Amir AE61.I.1.81.1205
'Iraq al-Amir AE61.I.1.81.1205
'Iraq al-Amir

50 - 100 CE

Nabatean/Early Roman

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'Iraq al-Amir AE62.I.3.46.1235
'Iraq al-Amir AE62.I.3.46.1235
'Iraq al-Amir

100 BCE - 200 CE

Late Hellenistic, Nabatean/Early Roman, Middle Roman

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Polarized Light?
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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

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Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

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Period:

Wheel-made Knife-Pared ('Herodian') Lamps

1st c. BCE - 1st c. CE

Early Roman

Roman Nile Silt Cooking Ware

1st - 6th centuries CE

Roman

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

Transjordan Highland Plain Ware

4th - 9th c. CE

Middle-Late Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Transjordan Highland Slipped Ware

350-450 CE

Byzantine

Associated Petro-fabrics

Israel/Jordan/Central Highlands/ferruginous clay/calcareous sand quartz silt and sand/dolomite silt (Terra Rossa)

Israel/Western Galilee/Lower Cretaceous/ferruginous ooliths and silty ferruginous matrix

Associated Kilns/Workshops

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