Tell Keisan 5-6.40 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tell Keisan 5-6.40

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Context Information

Site Name

Tell Keisan

Date

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Site Type

Town/Village

Country/Region

Israel/Northern Coastal Plain

Period

Byzantine

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

10YR 7/3 pale brown fabric.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Tell Keisan 5-6.40

Transport amphora

Tell Keisan

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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

Landgraf, J.. "Keisan’s Byzantine Pottery" in Tell Keisan (1971–1976): Une cité phénicienne en Galilée, ed(s). J. Briend and J.-B. Humbert. Fribourg: 1980, 51–99 , Figure Fig. 26.4.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Amphora assemblage dominated by Palestinian bag-shaped jars (LRA5/6). This vessel was uploaded to the LCP as a part of the LCP's Handbook to the LRA1 (2025, 1st ed.).