Delice 2011-9603-164 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Delice 2011-9603-164

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Context Information

Site Name

Delice kiln site

Date

8 - 10th c. CE

Site Type

Walled enclosure

Country/Region

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Fine, reddish brown, and very hard fabric (2.5 YR 6/4 to 6/6, light red) with numerous medium red speck and small white lime speck inclusions

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Appears overfired on the surface

Vessel Images 1

Delice 2011-9603-164

Transport amphora

Delice kiln site

8 - 10th c. CE

Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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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

Kiln name:

Delice Kiln site

Country/region:

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

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Bibliography

Rauh, N. K. "2023 Addendum to the Rough Cilicia Kiln Site Ceramics (Syedra, Delice, Biçkici, and Antiochia ad Cragum): An Update to the Kiln Sites", 2023. Rough Cilicia Archaeological Survey Project, 1996-2011, https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/rcas/17/, 1–22, 20/8/2023 , Figure 30.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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