Umm Qays, Gadara | The Levantine Ceramics Project

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Site name (primary, secondary):

Umm Qays, Gadara

Country/region:

Jordan/Northern Highlands

Alternate names & spellings:

Pompeia, Umm Qeis, Umm Queis

Coordinates (N,E):

32.6554 , 35.678

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

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

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Umm Qays, colonnaded street (photo courtesy of Michael Fuller)

Vessels 5

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Gadara G15.NW.3/4/1.2

Cooking pot

Umm Qays, Gadara

300 - 500 CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine

Gadara_G15.NW.21/6/1.2

Cooking pot

Umm Qays, Gadara

early 6th-early 7th century CE

Late Byzantine

Gadara_G15.SW.17/5/2.2

Cooking pot

Umm Qays, Gadara

6th–8th centuries CE

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

Gadara_G15.NW.21/6/1.1

Casserole/Cooking Bowl

Umm Qays, Gadara

Late 1st CE - Mid 4th

Middle-Late Roman

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Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

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Dekapolis Cooking Ware

c. 300 BCE to c. 700 CE

Roman, Byzantine

Jerash Byzantine-early Islamic Orange-Red Ware

6th-8th c. CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

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