Tell el-Kheleifeh 3004 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tell el-Kheleifeh 3004

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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 33

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl, carinated

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Calcareous clay; lightly tempered; fine particle size (<1.0 mm); light green-white exterior (5 Y 8/2), white section (2.5 Y 8/2), green-gray lines (5 Y 6/1)

Measurements (cms)

H: 5.8 cm, TH: 0.55 cm, D:12 cm

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Traces of brown banding on rim and upper body.

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Completely fired

Vessel Images 2

Tell el-Kheleifeh 3004

Bowl, carinated

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Tell el-Kheleifeh 3004

Bowl, carinated

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Break Photos 1

Tell el-Kheleifeh 3004

Bowl, carinated

Tell el-Kheleifeh

8th-6th c. BCE

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Jordanian Iron Age Painted Pottery

c. 1100-500 BCE

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

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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 28:8.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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