Shiqmona B: 692/1 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Shiqmona B: 692/1

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Context Information

Site Name

Shiqmona

Date

5th - 4th c. BCE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Israel/Carmel Mountains

Period

Achaemenid Persian

Archaeological Context

Str. 'Babylonian,' B. 692/1

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Vessel Details

Shape

Table Amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

To the eye, the fabric is reddish-brown, and the vessel surface is burnished (Lehmann et al 2020: p 18).

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 3

Shiqmona B: 692/1

Table Amphora

Shiqmona

5th - 4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian

Shiqmona B: 692/1

Table Amphora

Shiqmona

5th - 4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian

Shiqmona B: 692/1

Table Amphora

Shiqmona

5th - 4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

Shiqmona B: 692/1

Table Amphora

Shiqmona

5th - 4th c. BCE

Achaemenid Persian

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Kelenderis Band-Painted ware

7th-4th BCE

Iron Age III, Achaemenid Persian

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Associated Petrofabric

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean/Alluvial soils/Mica

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

Kiln name:

Kelenderis Achaemenid-era production site

Country/region:

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

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Bibliography

Gunnar Lehmann, Yiftah Shalev, Hans Mommsen, David Ben-Shlomo, Małgorzata Daszkiewicz, Gerwulf Schneider, and Ayelet Gilboa. "The Kelenderis pottery workshop(s): newly identified agents in East Mediterranean maritime exchange networks in the Achaemenid period" Levant (2020) , Figure 2, Figure 11.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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