Kfar Kanna (5083) L:113 B:1024 DB:475 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Kfar Kanna (5083) L:113 B:1024 DB:475

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Context Information

Site Name

Kfar Kanna, Jebel Khuweikha

Date

14th c. CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Israel/Galilee

Period

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

Archaeological Context

L. 113, B. 1024

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jug/pitcher

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Dark core, fairly light grey; very rough, with small- medium/large white inclusions (not lime), and dull brown ones; chaff imprints in.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Hand made slab

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Kfar Kanna (5083) L:113 B:1024 DB:475

Jug/pitcher

Kfar Kanna

14th c. CE

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

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

Kfar Kanna (5083) L:113 B:1024 DB:475

Jug/pitcher

Kfar Kanna

14th c. CE

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

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Medieval-Modern Levantine handmade geometric painted ware (HMGP)

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

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

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Lower Cretaceous/argillaceous/shales-mature sandstone-siltstone

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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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