Tell el-Kheleifeh 243 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tell el-Kheleifeh 243

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Context Information

Site Name

Tell el-Kheleifeh

Date

8th-6th c. BCE

Site Type

Fortified site/citadel

Country/Region

Jordan/Aqaba Highlands

Period

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Archaeological Context

Room 27

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Vessel Details

Shape

Cooking pot

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Dense, light brown (10YR 8/3), with quartz and limestone inclusions

Measurements (cms)

H: 9 cm, TH: 0.8 cm, D: 12 cm

Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Pale brown core

Vessel Images 2

Tell el-Kheleifeh 243

Cooking pot

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Tell el-Kheleifeh 243

Cooking pot

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Break Photos 1

Tell el-Kheleifeh 243

Cooking pot

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Southern Levantine MBA-Iron Age cooking ware

c. 1800 - 500 BCE

Middle Bronze Age II, Middle Bronze Age III, Late Bronze Age, Iron Age

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Gary Davis Pratico. Nelson Glueck's 1938-1940 excavations at Tell el-Kheleifeh : a reappraisal. American Schools of Oriental Research archaeological reports American Schools of Oriental Research, 1993 , Plate 18.1.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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