Tel Anafa TA80P83 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tel Anafa TA80P83

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Context Information

Site Name

Tel Anafa

Date

late 2nd - 50 BCE

Site Type

Rural villa

Country/Region

Israel/Hula Valley

Period

Late Hellenistic

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Plate

Shape Type

Form 6

Fabric Description

10YR 8/4 with no visible inclusions

Measurements (cms)

H. 5.1-5.5 cm; D. base 11.2 cm; D. rim 46.4 - 46.6 cm

Functional Category

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Surface treatment

Highly lustrous red slip; no double-dipping streak but streaks of darker slip on underside of floor and drop line on underside of rim

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Full-fired

Vessel Images 1

Tel Anafa TA80P83

Plate

Tel Anafa

late 2nd - 50 BCE

Late Hellenistic

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Eastern Sigillata A (ESA)

late 2nd century BCE - 2nd century CE

Hellenistic, Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

Northern Levantine-Cypriot Ophiolitic

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Slane, Kathleen W. Tel Anafa II, ii: The Hellenistic and Roman Pottery: The Fine Wares. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 10.2. Ann Arbor, MI: Kelsey Museum of the University of Michigan, 1997 , Figure FW50.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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