Vessel: Tell el-Kheleifeh 217

Context Information

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Fortified site/citadel

Jordan/Aqaba Highlands

Iron Age IIC/Persian

N:12, surface

Vessel Details

Bowl

Ferrugenous clay; heavily tempered (~30%); medium particle size (less than 3 mm); inclusions: quartz/spar, lime only, ferric oxide; color: light brown exterior (10 YR 7/3), brown section (7.5 YR 6/4), brown lines (7.5 YR 5/2)

H: 5.3 cm, TH: 0.6 cm, D: 16 cm

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Brown banded decoration on body and lip

Wheel made

Completely fired

Vessel Images  2


Bowl
Tell el-Kheleifeh
8th-6th c. BCE
Iron Age IIC/Persian

Bowl
Tell el-Kheleifeh
8th-6th c. BCE
Iron Age IIC/Persian

Break Photos  1


Bowl
Tell el-Kheleifeh
8th-6th c. BCE
Iron Age IIC/Persian

Thin Section Photos  0

Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

c. 1100-500 BCE

Iron Age I, Iron Age IIA, Iron Age IIB, Iron Age IIC/Persian

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop