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Vessel: Barsinia_Br.06.A.B1.8-31

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Context Information

Site Name

Barsinia

Date

500 CE - 750 CE

Site Type

Rural settlement/Farmstead

Country/Region

Jordan/Northern Highlands

Period

Late Byzantine

Archaeological Context

The site is across a flat, gentle hill 15km west of Irbid. Consisting of building remains, burial tombs, and water cisterns.

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jug/pitcher

Shape Type

Decanter

Fabric Description

Reddish grey fine ware (5YR 5/2) smooth, well levigated

Measurements (cms)

Rim diameter 4cm

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Evenly fired

Vessel Images 1

Barsinia_Br.06.A.B1.8-31

Jug/pitcher

Barsinia

500 CE - 750 CE

Late Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Foran, Debra. "The Byzantine Period" in The Pottery of Jordan: A Manual, ed(s). Haron, Jehad; Clark, Douglas R. Amman: American Center of Research, 2022, 84-88 , Figure 8.0, Number 2.0, Page 319.0.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Cup shaped rim, incurving long neck. parallels at Jerash, dated to the fifth–sixth centuries AD Gawlikowski 1986, pl. X, XIII, A; Clark et al. 1986, fig. 21:9), and at Hammat Gader, made of orange cla