Jaffa L. 426, B. 4172 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Jaffa L. 426, B. 4172

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Context Information

Site Name

Jaffa

Date

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Site Type

Harbor/port

Country/Region

Israel/Central Coastal Plain

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

Locus 426, Basket 4172; Rabbi Yehuda Me-Raguza Street

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Reddish yellow ware (5YR 6/6) with many small angular and round white and black inclusions

Measurements (cms)

Rim Diameter: 9 cm, 60% of rim preserved

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Surface: 10YR 7/3 very pale brown

Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Jaffa L. 426, B. 4172

Transport amphora

Jaffa

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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

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Bibliography

de Vincenz, A.. "Byzantine- and Ottoman-Period Pottery Assemblages from Rabbi Yehuda Me-Raguza Street, Yafo (Jaffa" Excavations on the Outskirts of Tel Yafo (Jaffa) Atiqot 100 (2020), 75–120 , Figure 2.8, Page 79.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This vessel was uploaded to the LCP as a part of the LCP's Handbook to the LRA1 (2025, 1st ed.).