Ophel 172 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Ophel 172

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Context Information

Site Name

Jerusalem, City of David/Ophel/Silwan

Date

10th c. BCE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands

Period

Iron Age IIA

Archaeological Context

Ophel (E. Mazar) Area B, L. 764, b. 6410/4

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar, storage

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Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Ophel 172

Jar, storage

Jerusalem

10th c. BCE

Iron Age IIA

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel/Western Galilee/Lower Cretaceous/ferruginous ooliths and silty ferruginous matrix

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

David Ben-Shlomo. The Iron Age Pottery of Jerusalem: A Typological and Technological Study. Ariel University Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series No. 2 Israel: Ariel University Press, 2019 , Figure 7.29.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Ben-Shlomo 2019 TS Petrographic Group 6