Zefat L: 252 DB: 554 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Zefat L: 252 DB: 554

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Context Information

Site Name

Safed

Date

13th - 14th c. CE

Site Type

Settlement

Country/Region

Israel/Galilee

Period

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

Archaeological Context

L. 252

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

5YR 5/6; small-large light pinkish-brown, light brown, brown and dark brown, round/sub-round inclusions.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

Textile imprint on interior

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made slab

Firing

Dark core 10YR 4/1

Vessel Images 1

Zefat L: 252 DB: 554

Jar

Safed

13th - 14th c. CE

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

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 2

Zefat L: 252 DB: 554

Jar

Safed

13th - 14th c. CE

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

Zefat L: 252 DB: 554

Jar

Safed

13th - 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/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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