'Iraq al-Amir AE61_II_2_26_219 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: 'Iraq al-Amir AE61_II_2_26_219

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Context Information

Site Name

'Iraq al-Amir

Date

363-450 CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Jordan/Central Highlands

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

Field II Str. I (secondary context)

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Vessel Details

Shape

Amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Interior: 5YR 7/4. Exterior: 5YR 7/4

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Core: 5YR 6/6

Vessel Images 1

'Iraq al-Amir AE61_II_2_26_219

Amphora

'Iraq al-Amir

363-450 CE

Byzantine

Break Photos 1

'Iraq al-Amir AE61_II_2_26_219

Amphora

'Iraq al-Amir

363-450 CE

Byzantine

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Hudson, Nicholas; Hartman, Adam. "The Byzantine Pottery from the Qasr and Square Building" in The Excavations of 'Iraq al-Amir, Volume II, ed(s). Nancy Lapp. The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 74. Boston, MA: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2020, 229-282

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This vessel is included in the LCP's Handbook to the LRA1 (2025, 1st ed.).