Umm al-Jimal | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Umm al-Jimal

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Umm al-Jimal

Country/region:

Jordan/Eastern Desert

Alternate names & spellings:

al-Harri, al-Ḥarrī, el-Herri, Khirbet Umm el-Jimal, Kh. Umm el-Jimal, Umm el-Jimal

Coordinates (N,E):

32.3273 , 36.3688

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Nabatean/Early Roman, Roman, Late Roman, Byzantine, Early Byzantine, Middle Islamic

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Related Images

Umm al-Jimal, second story windows (photo courtesy of Michael Fuller)

Umm al-Jimal, Church (photo courtesy of Michael Fuller)

Vessels 8

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Umm el-Jimal_UJ15.SE.3/5/2.1

Cooking pot

Umm al-Jimal

Mid 4th - 5th centuries CE

Early Byzantine

Umm el-Jimal - UJ15.SE.2/5/1.3

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Umm al-Jimal

c. 100 to c. 400 CE

Roman

Umm el-Jimal - UJ15.AoI.3.3/1/1.7

Jar

Umm al-Jimal

c. 800 CE +

Middle Islamic

Umm el-Jimal - UJ15.AoI.1.2/2/1.1

Jar, storage

Umm al-Jimal

c. 100 BCE to c. 100 CE

Nabatean/Early Roman

Break Photos 2

Umm el-Jimal - UJ15.SE.2/5/1.3

Grinding bowl/mortarium

Umm al-Jimal

c. 100 to c. 400 CE

Roman

Umm el-Jimal - UJ15.NW.1/3/2.1

Jar

Umm al-Jimal

c. 800 CE +

Middle Islamic

Petrographic Samples 0

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

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Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Southern Levantine Roman-Byzantine Pellet Ware

c. 300 BCE to c. 700 CE

Roman, Byzantine

South Levantine Mortaria

ca 100 CE to ca 400 CE

Middle Roman, Late Roman

Jerash Terracotta

Associated Petro-fabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Jérôme Rohmer. HAURAN VI. La Syrie du Sud de l'âge du Fer à l'annexion romaine (XIIe siècle av. J.C. - Ier siècle apr. J.-C.). La Bibliothèque archéologique et historique (BAH) T. 217. Beyrouth: Institut Français du Proche-Orient, 2020 , Page(s) 377-378.

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