Ashdod 1449/1 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Ashdod 1449/1

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Context Information

Site Name

Ashdod

Date

late 2nd-1st c. BCE

Site Type

Harbor/port city

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain

Period

Late Hellenistic

Archaeological Context

Area A, Loc. 31

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Vessel Details

Shape

Plate

Shape Type

Hayes form 4

Fabric Description

hard, clean, granular pink-yellow fabric

Measurements (cms)

H. 4.5, est. D. rim 26, est. D. foot 16

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

red-brown slip in and out, very faded on exterior, double-dipping streak

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

fully fired

Vessel Images 4

Ashdod 1449/1

Plate

Ashdod

late 2nd-1st c. BCE

Late Hellenistic

Ashdod 1449/1

Plate

Ashdod

late 2nd-1st c. BCE

Late Hellenistic

Ashdod 1449/1

Plate

Ashdod

late 2nd-1st c. BCE

Late Hellenistic

Ashdod 1449/1

Plate

Ashdod

late 2nd-1st c. BCE

Late Hellenistic

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Ashdod 1449/1

Plate

Ashdod

late 2nd-1st c. BCE

Late Hellenistic

Ashdod 1449/1

Plate

Ashdod

late 2nd-1st c. BCE

Late Hellenistic

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Eastern Sigillata A (ESA)

late 2nd century BCE - 2nd century CE

Hellenistic, Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Moshe Dothan. Ashdod II-III. The Second and Third Seasons of Excavation 1963, 1965. 'Atiqot, English Series, vol. IX-X Jerusalem: The Department of Antiquities and Museums, 1971 , Figure 15:11.

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