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Vessel: Gadara_G15.SW.17/5/2.2

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Context Information

Site Name

Umm Qays, Gadara

Date

6th–8th centuries CE

Site Type

Settlement

Country/Region

Jordan/Northern Highlands

Period

Byzantine, Early Byzantine, Late Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Archaeological Context

Surface collection from the plateau west of ancient city

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Vessel Details

Shape

Cooking pot

Shape Type

Closed

Fabric Description

Yellowish brown to reddish yellow fabric color with transparent, colorless to greyish mineral tempering, which is most likely quartz.

Measurements (cms)

Diameter: 19cm

Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Gadara_G15.SW.17/5/2.2

Cooking pot

Umm Qays

6th–8th centuries CE

Byzantine, Early Byzantine, Late Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Jerash Byzantine-early Islamic Orange-Red Ware

6th-8th c. CE

Byzantine, Early Islamic - Umayyad/Abbasid

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Günther Schorner, Nora Voss. "Cooking ware from Northern Jordan: preliminary report on the pottery" Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 30 (2021), 561-579 , Figure 6, Number A14.R5.G, Page 572.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Slightly thickened, overhanging rim with a rounded, slightly inward-sloping lip, which merges with the strongly inclined handle