Vessel: Tell el-Kheleifeh 459

Context Information

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Fortified site/citadel

Jordan/Aqaba Highlands

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Room 27

Vessel Details

Cup, carinated

Fine textured ferrugenous clay; medium amount of temper (10-30%); fine particle size (<1.00mm, occasional 1-3mm); inclusions: qtz/spar and lime, iron oxide; light pink-grey exterior (5 YR 7/2), light orange-brown section (5 YR 7/4)

H: 6.5 cm, TH: 0.60 cm, D: 10 cm

Dining/Drinking/Serving

None.

Wheel made

Incompletely fired

Vessel Images  3


Cup, carinated
Tell el-Kheleifeh
8th-6th c. BCE
Iron Age IIC/Persian

Cup, carinated
Tell el-Kheleifeh
8th-6th c. BCE
Iron Age IIC/Persian

Cup, carinated
Tell el-Kheleifeh
8th-6th c. BCE
Iron Age IIC/Persian

Break Photos  1


Cup, carinated
Tell el-Kheleifeh
8th-6th c. BCE
Iron Age IIC/Persian

Thin Section Photos  0

Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

3200-c. 550 BCE

Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, Iron Age

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop