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Vessel: Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

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Context Information

Site Name

Ashkelon

Date

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Site Type

Harbor/port

Country/Region

Israel/Southern Coastal Plain

Period

Late Roman, Byzantine

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Coarse very pale brown clay (10YR 7/3), many minute-to-small white and black grits and voids, a few small red grits.

Measurements (cms)

PH. 0.094; est. rim D. 0.07

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

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Ashkelon

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

Transport amphora

Ashkelon

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

Transport amphora

Ashkelon

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

Transport amphora

Ashkelon

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Late Roman, Byzantine

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Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

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Ashkelon

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

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Ashkelon

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

Transport amphora

Ashkelon

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Late Roman, Byzantine

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Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

Transport amphora

Ashkelon

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

Transport amphora

Ashkelon

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

Transport amphora

Ashkelon

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Late Roman, Byzantine

Ashkelon A16/85.38.54.L2 (46)

Transport amphora

Ashkelon

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Late Roman, Byzantine

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Johnson Barbara L.. Ashkelon 2 : Imported Pottery of the Roman and Late Roman Periods. Final Reports of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon 2. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2008 , Figure 488.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Analyzed as a part of Grady Gillett's MA thesis.

This vessel is included in the LCP's Handbook to the LRA1 (2025, 1st ed.).