Gush Halav (4257) L:114 B:114a DB:724 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Gush Halav (4257) L:114 B:114a DB:724

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Context Information

Site Name

Tel Gush Halav

Date

13th c. CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Israel/Galilee

Period

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Archaeological Context

L. 114, B. 114a

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Vessel Details

Shape

Closed vessel

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Surface appearance very rough (like that of mud brick); very dark core.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

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Surface treatment

Pink slip in and out.

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made slab

Firing

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Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

Gush Halav (4257) L:114 B:114a DB:724

Closed vessel

Tel Gush Halav

13th c. CE

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Medieval-Modern Levantine Handmade Unpainted ware

10th c. - 20th c. CE

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

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Associated Petrofabric

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

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Gabrieli R.S., Ben-Shlomo D. and Walker B.J. 2014. "Production and Distribution of Geometric-Painted (HMGP) and Plain Hand-Made Wares of the Mamluk Period: A Case Study from Northern Israel, Jerusalem and Hisban" Journal of Islamic Archaeology 1 (2015), 193-229

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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