Tell Aswad 5 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tell Aswad 5

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Context Information

Site Name

Aswad

Date

3000 - 2200 BCE

Site Type

Rural settlement/Farmstead

Country/Region

Lebanon/Biqa Valley

Period

Early Bronze Age II, Early Bronze Age III

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Pink

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Thick vertical and oblique wiping and combing

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made coil

Firing

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Tell Aswad 5

Jar

Aswad

3000 - 2200 BCE

Early Bronze Age II, Early Bronze Age III

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Central Levantine EBA "Combed Ware"

c. 3050-2200 BCE

Early Bronze Age II, Early Bronze Age III

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Associated Petrofabric

Lebanon/Lower Cretaceous Shale/Cretaceous Lime and Sandstone

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Kamal Badreshany, Graham Philip, and Melissa Kennedy. "The development of integrated regional economies in the Early Bronze Age Levant: new evidence from ‘Combed Ware’ jars" Levant 52 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2019.1641009 , Table 2.

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