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Vessel: Caesarea Maritima South Bay 15/91-79/5

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Context Information

Site Name

Caesarea Maritima

Date

Late 6th - 7th c. CE

Site Type

Anchorage

Country/Region

Israel/Central Coastal Plain

Period

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

Archaeological Context

Area B/D

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

Closed

Fabric Description

Reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) with sparse white inclusions and grey grit

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Exterior pink (7.5 YR 7/4)

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 2

Caesarea Maritima South Bay 15/91-79/5

Transport amphora

Caesarea Maritima

Late 6th - 7th c. CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

Caesarea Maritima South Bay 15/91-79/5

Transport amphora

Caesarea Maritima

Late 6th - 7th c. CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

Break Photos 2

Caesarea Maritima South Bay 15/91-79/5

Transport amphora

Caesarea Maritima

Late 6th - 7th c. CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

Caesarea Maritima South Bay 15/91-79/5

Transport amphora

Caesarea Maritima

Late 6th - 7th c. CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

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Caesarea Maritima South Bay 15/91-79/5

Transport amphora

Caesarea Maritima

Late 6th - 7th c. CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

Caesarea Maritima South Bay 15/91-79/5

Transport amphora

Caesarea Maritima

Late 6th - 7th c. CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

Caesarea Maritima South Bay 15/91-79/5

Transport amphora

Caesarea Maritima

Late 6th - 7th c. CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

Caesarea Maritima South Bay 15/91-79/5

Transport amphora

Caesarea Maritima

Late 6th - 7th c. CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid

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Bibliography

Alexandra Ratzlaff; Ehud Galili; Paula Waiman-Barak; Assaf Yasur-Landau. "The Plurality of Harbors at Caesarea: The Southern Anchorage in Late Antiquity" Journal of Maritime Archaeology 12:2 (2017), 125-146/DOI 10.1007/s11457-017-9173-z , Table 1.

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