'Akko KH 1204 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: 'Akko KH 1204

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Context Information

Site Name

'Akko/Acre

Date

1099 CE - 1291 CE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Israel/Northern Coastal Plain

Period

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Archaeological Context

Knight's Hotel

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Vessel Details

Shape

Cooking pot

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Brown to dark brown 7.5YR 4/4 fabric, dark grayish-brown 10YR 4/2 core, very dark gray 10YR 3/1 exterior

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

slightly burnished

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made coil

Firing

<800 C

Vessel Images 1

'Akko KH 1204

Cooking pot

'Akko/Acre

1099 CE - 1291 CE

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

'Akko KH 1204

Cooking pot

'Akko/Acre

1099 CE - 1291 CE

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Cypriot Medieval Hand-Made Ware

c. 1100 CE to c.1600 CE

Late Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian

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Associated Petrofabric

Cyprus/Western South Coast/Iron rich fabric with mud stone and quartzite

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Stern Edna J. ‘Akko I: The 1991–1998 Excavations; The Crusader-Period Pottery . IAA Reports 51. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2012 , Page(s) 89, Plate Pl. 4.40:10.
Shapiro Anastasia. "Petrographic Analysis of the Crusader-Period Pottery" in ‘Akko I: The 1991–1998 Excavations; The Crusader-Period Pottery . IAA Reports 51/1. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2012, 103–126 , Table 5.9, Page 111, 115.

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