Afula L:273 B:2126/3 DB:660 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Afula L:273 B:2126/3 DB:660

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Context Information

Site Name

Afula

Date

14th - 15th c. CE

Site Type

Settlement

Country/Region

Israel/Jezreel Valley

Period

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Archaeological Context

L. 273, B. 2126/3

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar, hole-mouth

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Dark core, with dull brown margins; small-medium dark brown inclusions, medium-very large light brown, and medium grey glistening ones.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Slipped, red-brown decoration.

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Afula L:273 B:2126/3 DB:660

Jar, hole-mouth

Afula

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

Afula L:273 B:2126/3 DB:660

Jar, hole-mouth

Afula

14th - 15th c. CE

Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Medieval-Modern Levantine Handmade Cooking ware

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

Frankish/Ayyubid, Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Ottoman, Ottoman

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Calcareous/foraminiferous rendzina soil on Upper Cretaceous formations

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Gabrieli R.S., Ben-Shlomo D. and Walker B.J. 2014. "Production and Distribution of Geometric-Painted (HMGP) and Plain Hand-Made Wares of the Mamluk Period: A Case Study from Northern Israel, Jerusalem and Hisban" Journal of Islamic Archaeology 1 (2015), 193-229

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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