Lajjun 2017/A/004/001/2 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Lajjun 2017/A/004/001/2

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Context Information

Site Name

Legio/Lejjun

Date

12th Century CE

Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Israel/Jezreel Valley

Period

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Archaeological Context

Salvage Excavation of Midden in Area A on western slopes

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Vessel Details

Shape

Baking dish/pan

Shape Type

Straight sloping walls, simple rounded or folded rim

Fabric Description

Red 2.5YR 5/8 fabric. Some white grits and inclusions.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

Transparent glaze on interior lower part.

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fully Fired

Vessel Images 1

Lajjun 2017/A/004/001/2

Baking dish/pan

Legio/Lejjun

12th Century CE

Crusader-Frankish/Ayyubid/early Mamluk

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Early Islamic wheel-made Levantine Cooking Ware

11th - 13th centuries CE

Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid, Early Medieval/Middle Islamic, Frankish/Ayyubid

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Edna J. Stern, Anastasia Shapiro, Matthew J. Adams, Nimrod Marom, Inbar Ktalav, and Yotam Tepper. "Domestic Waste as a Window into Crusader- Period Le Lyon (Kibbutz Megiddo/Lajjun, Israel): Insights from a Household Midden and Its Ceramic Assemblage" Bulletin of ASOR 391 (2024), 47-75 , Figure 9:2.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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