Jerash.JZ828 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Jerash.JZ828

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Context Information

Site Name

Jerash/Gerasa

Date

Late 2nd c. BCE-early 2nd c...

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Jordan/Northern Highlands

Period

Nabatean/Early Roman

Archaeological Context

Upper Zeus Temple. JTZ98.Q18

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Vessel Details

Shape

Lamp

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Yellow-cream

Functional Category

Lighting

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Mold made

Vessel Images 1

Jerash.JZ828

Lamp

Jerash/Gerasa

Late 2nd c. BCE-early 2nd c. CE

Nabatean/Early Roman

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Gerasa Late Hellenistic-Early Roman "Ray pattern" mold-made lamps

Late 2nd c. BCE-early 2nd c. CE

Late Hellenistic, Nabatean/Early Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

Kiln name:

Gerasa Hippodrome Byzantine-era Workshop

Country/region:

Jordan/Northern Highlands

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Bibliography

Ina Kehrberg-Ostrasz. "The Complexity of Lamps: Archaeological Contexts, Material Assemblages and Chronological Typologies of Ancient Lamps" in The Hippodrome of Gerasa: A Provincial Roman Circus, by Antoni A. Ostrasz with Ina Kehrberg-Ostrasz. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2020, 358-368 , Page 365.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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