Syria/Al-Jazira
Early Medieval/Middle Islamic
Market, Area 4, Square 18, ...
pXRF analysis (sample 269): barium = 971.87 ppm +/- 58.61, antimony = 68.25 +/- 14.15, tin = 47.78 ppm +/- 12.41, cadmium = 20.15 ppm +/- 10.03, silver = 15.65 ppm +/- 6.91, palladium = 9.5 ppm +/- 5.18, zirconium = 126.3 ppm +/- 13.79, strontium = 1063.38 ppm +/- 15.41, rubidium = 27.42 ppm +/- 3.29, palladium = 26.21 ppm +/- 8.12, arsenic = 24.66 ppm +/- 7.26, zinc = 81.05 ppm +/- 11.62, nickel = 148.66 ppm +/- 30.68, iron = 31596.2 ppm +/- 349.37, manganese = 862.43 ppm +/- 83.29, and chromium = 411.05 ppm +/- 129.64.
Thin section analysis identified quartz, calcarbonate (limestone?), and feldspare in the paste.