Ashkelon 51.75.L13.B7890 (11981) | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Ashkelon 51.75.L13.B7890 (11981)

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Context Information

Site Name

Ashkelon

Date

late 2nd-mid-1st c. BCE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Israel/Southern Coastal Plain

Period

Late Hellenistic

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Brazier

Shape Type

Brazier

Fabric Description

Crumbly pinkish to brown (7.5–10YR 7/4) ware with gray and white inclusions and larger proportions of sand and shell

Measurements (cms)

Diam. body (projected) ca 21.5cm

Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

Pale cream-brown slip (10 YR 8/3–10YR 7/4)

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Ashkelon 51.75.L13.B7890 (11981)

Brazier

Ashkelon

late 2nd-mid-1st c. BCE

Late Hellenistic

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 1

Ashkelon 51.75.L13.B7890 (11981)

Brazier

Ashkelon

late 2nd-mid-1st c. BCE

Late Hellenistic

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Southern Levantine Mortaria Ware

late 3rd-mid-1st c. BCE

Middle Hellenistic, Late Hellenistic

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel/Negev coastal loess

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Kathleen Birney. Ashkelon 9: The Hellenistic Period.. Final Reports of The Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon 9. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2022 , Figure 11.78.
Anastasia Shapiro. "Petrographic Analysis" in Ashkelon 9: The Hellenistic Period. Final Reports of The Leon Levy Expedition 9. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2022, 324–334 , Figure 18.3.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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