'Akko KH 4202 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: 'Akko KH 4202

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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

Yellowish-red 5YR 5/6 fabric, black 10YR 2/1 core, brown to dark brown 7.5YR 4/2 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 3

'Akko KH 4202

Cooking pot

'Akko/Acre

1099 CE - 1291 CE

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

'Akko KH 4202

Cooking pot

'Akko/Acre

1099 CE - 1291 CE

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

'Akko KH 4202

Cooking pot

'Akko/Acre

1099 CE - 1291 CE

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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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

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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 89, Plate 4.40:9.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Drawing by Hagit Tahan, Israel Antiquities Authority

Photo by Howard Smithline, Israel Antiquities Authority