Jerash.JH195 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Jerash.JH195

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Context Information

Site Name

Jerash/Gerasa

Date

4th-5th c. CE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Jordan/Northern Highlands

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

Hippodrome. Hch96.W11.1-2

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Vessel Details

Shape

Lamp

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Pastel orange

Functional Category

Lighting

Surface treatment

Wash: red

Manufacturing Technique

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Vessel Images 1

Jerash.JH195

Lamp

Jerash/Gerasa

4th-5th c. CE

Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Gerasa Early Byzantine lamps (the 'Late Gerasa' lamp)

4th-5th c. CE

Byzantine

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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 366.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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