Yiftahel L. 16, b. 417.04 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Yiftahel L. 16, b. 417.04

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Context Information

Site Name

Yiftahel

Date

c. 3500 BCE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Israel/Galilee

Period

Early Bronze Age I

Archaeological Context

Locus 16, basket 417

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

fenestrated pedestal bowl

Fabric Description

buff, with white grits

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

—

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made coil

Vessel Images 1

Yiftahel L. 16, b. 417.04

Bowl

Yiftahel

c. 3500 BCE

Early Bronze Age I

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Gray Burnished Ware (GBW/Gray Lustrous Ware/Esdraelon Ware)

c. 3500 to c. 3300 BCE

Early Bronze Age I

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Associated Petrofabric

—

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

—

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Bibliography

Eliot Braun. Yiftahel: Salvage and Rescue Excavations At a Prehistoric Village in Lower Galilee, Israel. IAA Reports No. 2 Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 1997 , Figure 9.4.1.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

The shape is related to Gray Burnished Ware, type 1a - but the fabric is quite different.