Ophel 303 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Ophel 303

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Context Information

Site Name

Jerusalem, City of David/Ophel/Silwan

Date

9th c. BCE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands

Period

Iron Age IIA

Archaeological Context

Ophel (E. Mazar) Area E, L. 226, b. 7289/12

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Vessel Details

Shape

Body sherd, shape indeterminable

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

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Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

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Surface treatment

Red slip and burnish black decoration

Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Thin Section Photos 1

Ophel 303

Body sherd, shape indeterminable

Jerusalem

9th c. BCE

Iron Age IIA

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Late Philistine Decorated Ware (Ashdod Ware)

1000 BCE - 586 BCE

Iron Age II

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel/Negev coastal loess

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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 7.28.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Ben-Shlomo 2019 TS Petrographic Group 4b