Tell el-Kheleifeh 827 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tell el-Kheleifeh 827

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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

P:12

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Vessel Details

Shape

Cooking pot

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Some temper, inclusions: ferric oxide, minor quartz, magnetite; Munsell: light orange exterior (2.5 YR 6/6), ash-grey sections (5 YR 7/1)

Measurements (cms)

H: 9.6 cm, TH: 1 cm

Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

Surface marks from wiping

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made

Firing

Mixed oxidation state, not completely fired

Vessel Images 3

Tell el-Kheleifeh 827

Cooking pot

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Tell el-Kheleifeh 827

Cooking pot

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Tell el-Kheleifeh 827

Cooking pot

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Break Photos 1

Tell el-Kheleifeh 827

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

Iron Age Negebite Handmade Ware

12th - 7th centuries BCE

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 11.5.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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