1. Debora Sandhaus. "The Typology of the Pottery from the Hellenistic, Roman and Later Periods " in The Excavations of Khirbet er-Rasm, Israel. The changing faces of the countryside , ed(s). Avraham Faust and Adi Erlich. BAR International Series 2187 Oxford: Archeopress, 2011, 105-134 , Figure 2.5:8, Page 117-118.

KKRATERS, R-KR1B

Description: Krater with vertical out-flaring wide neck and thickened rim decorated with a pie-crust design. Based on similar vessels, two coil handles are attached from rim to shoulder. They are made in a pink ware turning to gray ( the outer surface is reddish-yellow due to firing conditions. They are decorated with various slip and paint variations. The type includes two variations distinguished by different neck heights and different decoration. Two types: type R-KRIB, with high, flaring neck. The rim is decorated by a red band and over the body, thin pinkish gray strips cover the body.

Occurrence: R-KRIB: third-second centuries BCE (Guz-Zilberstein 1995:297, fig. 6.14:9). Tel Anafa, first century BCE-first century CE (Berlin 1997a:138, PW412). R-KRIB: Tel Anafa, similar vessel but with a tall, vertical neck instead of an everted one, first appears in HELL 2C (98-75 BCE).

From-Debora Sandhaus.2011.The Pottery from Khirbet er-Rasm: The Typology of the Pottery from the Hellenistic, Roman and Later Periods.pp:117-118

Courtesy of Prof. Avraham Faust and Prof. Adi Erlich/Kh. er-Rasm Expedition

Thanks to Prof. Andrea Berlin and Dr. Deborah Sandhaus for their help