Gush Halav L114-B1032-727 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Gush Halav L114-B1032-727

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Context Information

Site Name

Tel Gush Halav

Date

13th century CE

Site Type

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Country/Region

Israel/Galilee

Period

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Archaeological Context

L114 B1032

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Vessel Details

Shape

Cooking pot

Shape Type

Cooking pot, horseshoe handle

Fabric Description

Red matrix, with 20%+ brown (light, dark and reddish), medium inclusions, and grey medium ones.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Hand made coil

Firing

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Vessel Images 2

Gush Halav L114-B1032-727

Cooking pot

Tel Gush Halav

13th century CE

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Gush Halav L114-B1032-727

Cooking pot

Tel Gush Halav

13th century CE

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Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Medieval-Modern Levantine Handmade Cooking ware

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

Frankish/Ayyubid, Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Ottoman, Ottoman

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Gabrieli R.S., Ben-Shlomo D. and Walker B.J. 2014. "Production and Distribution of Geometric-Painted (HMGP) and Plain Hand-Made Wares of the Mamluk Period: A Case Study from Northern Israel, Jerusalem and Hisban" Journal of Islamic Archaeology 1 (2015), 193-229

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Petrographic group: 4b in Gabrieli, Ben-Shlomo & Walker.

Group 4 description:

Petrographic Group 4 (Figure 8:D). Much of the sand
is angular, but a component of rounded worn sandy quartz also occurs, as “beach
inclusions, up to 10% of the slide. Laminated voids also occur.