Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir R. 38577 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir R. 38577

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Context Information

Site Name

Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir

Date

1200-1250 CE

Site Type

Mining site

Country/Region

Jordan/Wadi 'Arabah

Period

Frankish/Ayyubid

Archaeological Context

Area Z, L. 228, Stratum 2, probable public/dining space

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl, hemispherical

Shape Type

Plain-rim hemispherical bowl

Fabric Description

Sandy temper, some calcareous inclusions, minimal vegetal inclusions. Ext: 2.5Y 8/4 Pale Brown, Int: 2.5Y 7/4 Pale Brown, Core: 2.5Y 7/1 Light Gray

Measurements (cms)

Rim diameter: 23 cm, rim thickness: 7 mm

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir R. 38577

Bowl, hemispherical

Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir

1200-1250 CE

Frankish/Ayyubid

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Medieval Southern Levantine unglazed wheel-made buff/cream ware

1200-1400 CE

Frankish/Ayyubid, Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk, Middle-Late Islamic/Mamluk, Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Jones, Ian William Nasser. "Economy, Society, and Small-Scale Industry: Social Approaches to Middle Islamic Period Copper Production in Southern Jordan", PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of California San Diego, 2018 , Figure 6.5.1.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

The excavations at Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir were conducted by the Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project, directed by Thomas E. Levy and Mohammad Najjar.