Tell Balatah 6144 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tell Balatah 6144

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Context Information

Site Name

Shechem, Nablus

Date

1700 BCE - 1675 BCE

Site Type

Fortified site/citadel

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands

Period

Middle Bronze Age III

Archaeological Context

Stratum XVIII Locus 35. Field B60 VI, Area 3E, Basket 173.

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Vessel Details

Shape

Closed vessel

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Buff 10YR 5/3; fine paste, no visible inclusions.

Measurements (cms)

Th: 0.5 cm, pH: 2.5 cm

Functional Category

Household/Utility

Surface treatment

Same-slip well burnished outside, covered by bands or red oxide paint;

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fully fired

Vessel Images 3

Tell Balatah 6144

Closed vessel

Shechem

1700 BCE - 1675 BCE

Middle Bronze Age III

Tell Balatah 6144

Closed vessel

Shechem

1700 BCE - 1675 BCE

Middle Bronze Age III

Tell Balatah 6144

Closed vessel

Shechem

1700 BCE - 1675 BCE

Middle Bronze Age III

Break Photos 1

Tell Balatah 6144

Closed vessel

Shechem

1700 BCE - 1675 BCE

Middle Bronze Age III

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Middle-Late Cypriot Bichrome ware

c. 1650-1450 BCE

Middle Cypriot III, Late Cypriot I

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Dan P. Cole. Shechem I. The Middle Bronze IIB Pottery. Excavation Reports of the American Schools of Oriental Research Winona Lake IN: Eisenbrauns, 1984 , Plate 45.n.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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