Bowl
Open
Fine, metallic, some fine calcareous inclusions and rare fine quartz or feldspar inclusions; int. surface is orange-tan with bands of orange-brown, ext. surface is tan and orange tan in bands, core is orange with a thin gray patch at the center near rim
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Dining/Drinking/Serving
Slipped with knife-pared bands on ext. and int.
Wheel made
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mid 6th - 10th centuries CE
Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid/Fatimid
Discussion: In Magness's (1993) typology, this sherd belongs to FBW Bowl Form 1E.
Acknowledgements: This sherd was collected by the Humayma Excavation Project during the 1998 season. During this season, the project Director was John Oleson, Co-Directors were Rebecca Foote (also Field F103 Supervisor) and Robert Schick, and Asisstant Director was Barbara Reeves. I particularly thank John Oleson and Rebecca Foote for allowing me to analyze and publish this material.
This analysis has taken place as part of an ACOR-CAORC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the American Center of Research in Amman.
