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Vessel: Lejoun L:159 B:1144-27 DB:797

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Context Information

Site Name

Legio/Lejjun

Date

14th - 15th c. CE

Site Type

Settlement

Country/Region

Israel/Jezreel Valley

Period

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Archaeological Context

L. 159, B. 1144-27

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Dark brown section, with orange margins; coarse, with small-large dark brown, 10%+ small-very large white (lime) inclusions, very visible on the surface; minor lime pitting shows through slip.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Hand made slab

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Lejoun L:159 B:1144-27 DB:797

Jar

Legio/Lejjun

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

Lejoun L:159 B:1144-27 DB:797

Jar

Legio/Lejjun

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

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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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