Fiḥl Walmsley 2022 Fig. 4.88 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Fiḥl Walmsley 2022 Fig. 4.88

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Context Information

Site Name

Pella/Fiḥl

Date

Mid-8th century CE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Jordan/Jordan Valley

Period

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Archaeological Context

Area IV, Assemblage I (746-749 CE earthquake destruction)

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar, storage

Shape Type

Bag-shaped jar/amphora

Fabric Description

a hard, thin, brownish-gray brown fabric with small to medium white, gray and brown inclusions

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

freely applied white painted decoration in broad intersecting wavy lines and loops

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fully fired

Vessel Images 1

Fiḥl Walmsley 2022 Fig. 4.88

Jar, storage

Pella/Fiḥl

Mid-8th century CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Late Roman Amphora 6 (LRA 6)

3rd-8th c. CE

Late Roman, Byzantine

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Alan G. Walmsley. "The Early Islamic Period (Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid)" in The Pottery of Jordan: A Manual, ed(s). Jehad Haron & Douglas R. Clark. The American Center of Research, Alexandria, Virginia & Amman, Jordan: The American Center of Research & Madaba Regional Archaeological Museum Project, 2022, 89-107 , Figure 4.88, Page 102-103.
Alan G. Walmsley. "The Early Islamic Period (Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid)" in The Pottery of Jordan: A Manual, ed(s). Jehad Haron & Douglas R. Clark. The American Center of Research, Alexandria, Virginia & Amman, Jordan: The American Center of Research & Madaba Regional Archaeological Museum Project, 2022, 89-107 , Figure 4.88, Page 102-103.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Widely found in North Jordan and al-Balqā