St. Mary, Mt. Carmel L:A.4.7 B:220-6601 DB:486 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: St. Mary, Mt. Carmel L:A.4.7 B:220-6601 DB:486

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Context Information

Site Name

Mt. Carmel, St. Mary

Date

14th - 15th c. CE

Site Type

Settlement

Country/Region

Israel/Carmel Mountains

Period

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Archaeological Context

L. A.4.7, B. 220-6601

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Vessel Details

Shape

Strainer jug

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Light pinkish-brown to dark dull brown; rough, with small and medium dark brown and white, very few small lime inclusions.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Design continuous under the handle

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made slab

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

St. Mary, Mt. Carmel L:A.4.7 B:220-6601 DB:486

Strainer jug

Mt. Carmel

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

St. Mary, Mt. Carmel L:A.4.7 B:220-6601 DB:486

Strainer jug

Mt. Carmel

14th - 15th c. CE

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/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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