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Vessel: Tall Qiswa-582-H-25

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Context Information

Site Name

Tall Qiswa, Tell Jessoua

Date

c. 200-0 BCE

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 M4a: necked, flattened rim, globular body (Rohmer 2020, Type M4a, fig. 1.2, p. 46).

Fabric Description

Brownish clay. Small to large orange inclusions, small black, grey and white inclusions; rare translucent nodules (quartz?) inclusions.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

Irregular brown slip on the exterior.

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 2

Tall Qiswa-582-H-25

Cooking pot

Tall Qiswa

c. 200-0 BCE

Middle Hellenistic, Late Hellenistic, Early Roman

Tall Qiswa-582-H-25

Cooking pot

Tall Qiswa

c. 200-0 BCE

Middle Hellenistic, Late Hellenistic, Early Roman

Break Photos 1

Tall Qiswa-582-H-25

Cooking pot

Tall Qiswa

c. 200-0 BCE

Middle Hellenistic, Late Hellenistic, Early Roman

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Hula Valley Spatter painted ware

5th - 1st centuries BCE

Achaemenid Persian, Hellenistic

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Associated Petrofabric

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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 2.37, Page(s) pp. 94, 95.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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