Ṣūr al-Lajāʾ Nord-635-04 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Ṣūr al-Lajāʾ Nord-635-04

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Context Information

Site Name

Ṣūr al-Lajāʾ Nord

Date

c. 330 BCE-50 CE

Site Type

Settlement

Country/Region

Syria/Hauran

Period

Hellenistic, Early Roman

Archaeological Context

Surface

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Brownish ochre clay. Black and orange inclusions, rare translucent (quartz) inclusions.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Brownish red slip on the interior and exterior.

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Thick brownish grey core.

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Ṣūr al-Lajāʾ Nord-635-04

Jar

Ṣūr al-Lajāʾ Nord

c. 330 BCE-50 CE

Hellenistic, Early Roman

Break Photos 0

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 2.111, Page(s) p. 176.

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