Vessel: Tell el-Kheleifeh 859

Context Information

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Fortified site/citadel

Jordan/Aqaba Highlands

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Room 15

Vessel Details

Bowl

Ferrugenous clay; heavily tempered (~30%); fine inclusion size (<2.0mm); inclusions: iron oxide, qtz/spar/lime, fibrous organic burnout; light brown exterior (7.5 YR 6/2), light orange section (2.5 YR 6/6)

H: 7.6 cm, TH: 0.6 cm, D: 16 cm

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Faint black banded decoration on body and lip.

Wheel made

Incompletely 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