Tell el-Kheleifeh 359 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tell el-Kheleifeh 359

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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 35

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Vessel Details

Shape

Cooking pot

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Coarse with red and white inclusions; Munsell: light grey exterior (5 YR 7/2), wide grey core

Measurements (cms)

H: 12 cm, TH: 1.8 cm, D: 26 cm

Functional Category

Cooking/Food production

Surface treatment

None

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made

Firing

Oxidation, incompletely fired

Vessel Images 3

Tell el-Kheleifeh 359

Cooking pot

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Tell el-Kheleifeh 359

Cooking pot

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Tell el-Kheleifeh 359

Cooking pot

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Break Photos 1

Tell el-Kheleifeh 359

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 11.4.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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