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Vessel: Tall Qiswa-582H-20

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Context Information

Site Name

Tall Qiswa, Tell Jessoua

Date

c. 200 BCE-50 CE

Site Type

Fortified site/citadel

Country/Region

Syria/Hauran

Period

Middle Hellenistic, Late Hellenistic, Early Roman

Archaeological Context

Citadel summit

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Vessel Details

Shape

Cooking pot

Shape Type

Type M4b: angled neck (Rohmer 2020, Type M4b, fig. 1.2, p. 46).

Fabric Description

Compact red-orange clay with basalt inclusions. Brownish orange clay. Grey (basalt) inclusions, white and brownish inclusions.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Tall Qiswa-582H-20

Cooking pot

Tall Qiswa

c. 200 BCE-50 CE

Middle Hellenistic, Late Hellenistic, Early Roman

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

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Associated Petrofabric

Syria/Hauran/Red-Orange Basaltic Fabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Jérôme Rohmer. HAURAN VI. La Syrie du Sud de l'âge du Fer à l'annexion romaine (XIIe siècle av. J.C. - Ier siècle apr. J.-C.). La Bibliothèque archéologique et historique (BAH) T. 217. Beyrouth: Institut Français du Proche-Orient, 2020 , Figure 2.36, Page(s) pp. 92, 93.

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