Mizpe Yammim 15/320/1 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Mizpe Yammim 15/320/1

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Context Information

Site Name

Mizpe Yammim

Date

6th-4th c. BCE

Site Type

Temple/Sanctuary

Country/Region

Israel/Galilee

Period

Achaemenid Persian

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jug/pitcher

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

medium to soft, light pinkish brown in color, with some small and medium rounded and angular white, a few small rounded black and medium angular red, and many fine white and small rounded black inclusions

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

light grey core

Vessel Images 1

Mizpe Yammim 15/320/1

Jug/pitcher

Mizpe Yammim

6th-4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

Mizpe Yammim 15/320/1

Jug/pitcher

Mizpe Yammim

6th-4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Persian-Early Hellenistic Galilean wheel-made coarse ware (GCW)

6th-3rd c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian, Early Hellenistic

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Galilee, Jezreel Valley, Central Highlands, Shephelah/calcareous/foraminiferous/rendzina soil

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Berlin, Andrea M.; Frankel, Rafael. "The Sanctuary at Mizpe Yammim: Phoenician Cult and Territory in the Upper Galilee during the Persian Period" Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 366 (2012), 25-78 , Figure 39.1.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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