Safed | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Safed

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Safed

Country/region:

Israel/Galilee

Alternate names & spellings:

Giv'at Ha-Mezuda, Safa...

Coordinates (N,E):

32.965833 , 35.498333

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyu...

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Site Description

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Related Images

The depositional layers of the north wall of a small trench excavated on the western slope of Giv'at Ha-Mezuda in 2002, following construction work (Stephansky 2007: Fig 4)

Vessels 1

Zefat L: 252 DB: 554

Jar

Safed

13th - 14th c. CE

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 1

Zefat IS 001
Zefat L: 252 DB: 554
Safed

13th - 14th c. CE

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Magnification:
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Polarized Light?
XPL

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

Site/Project URLs
Database Links

OpenStreetMaps (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1379335)

Associated Wares/Ware Families

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Medieval-Modern Levantine handmade geometric painted ware (HMGP)

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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

Associated Petro-fabrics

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Calcareous/foraminiferous rendzina soil on Upper Cretaceous formations

Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Stepansky, Yosef. "Zefat, the Western Slope of Giv‘at Ha-Mezuda" Hadashot Arkheologiyot: Excavations and Surveys in Israel 119 (2007) , Figure 4.