Rehovot-in-the-Negev L. 505, floor | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Rehovot-in-the-Negev L. 505, floor

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Context Information

Site Name

Rehovot-in-the-Negev, Khirbet Ruheiba

Date

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Site Type

City

Country/Region

Israel/Negev

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

Locus 505, floor (room in church behind the southern apse)

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Buff fabric

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Titulus drawn in red ochre on the shoulder of the amphora. "The letters are broad and have an average height of ca. 2.5 cm. The inscription most probably describes the jar's contents. A possible recon

Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 2

Rehovot-in-the-Negev L. 505, floor

Transport amphora

Rehovot-in-the-Negev

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Byzantine

Rehovot-in-the-Negev L. 505, floor

Transport amphora

Rehovot-in-the-Negev

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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

Rosenthal-Heginbottom, R.. "The Pottery" in Excavations at Rehovot-in-the-Negev. Volume I: the Northern Church, ed(s). Y. Tsafrir. Qedem 25. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1988, 78–97 , Figure Fig. 69, Illustration 271, Plate Pl. III.126.

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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.).