'Akko KH 3261/1 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: 'Akko KH 3261/1

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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

Pale brown to brown 10YR 6/3–5/3 fabric, very dark gray 10YR 3/1 core

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

Red 5YR 4/6–2.5YR 4/6 slip

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made coil

Firing

< 800 C

Vessel Images 1

'Akko KH 3261/1

Cooking pot

'Akko/Acre

1099 CE - 1291 CE

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 2

'Akko KH 3261/1

Cooking pot

'Akko/Acre

1099 CE - 1291 CE

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

'Akko KH 3261/1

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/Troodos mountains/volcaniclastic sediments with plutonics, diabase, basalt rocks and pillow lavas

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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 157, Plate 4.78:3.
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 , Page(s) 111, 115, Table 5.9.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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