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Vessel: Khirbet es-Sara 2023.075-076N.3

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Context Information

Site Name

Khirbet es-Sar

Date

1291 CE - 1516 CE

Site Type

Settlement with sanctuary

Country/Region

Jordan/Central Highlands

Period

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Archaeological Context

Late Islamic strata

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

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Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Household/Utility, Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Slipped, painted design.

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fully fired

Vessel Images 3

Khirbet es-Sara 2023.075-076N.3

Bowl

Khirbet es-Sar

1291 CE - 1516 CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Khirbet es-Sara 2023.075-076N.3

Bowl

Khirbet es-Sar

1291 CE - 1516 CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Khirbet es-Sara 2023.075-076N.3

Bowl

Khirbet es-Sar

1291 CE - 1516 CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Break Photos 1

Khirbet es-Sara 2023.075-076N.3

Bowl

Khirbet es-Sar

1291 CE - 1516 CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

Thin Section Photos 1

Khirbet es-Sara 2023.075-076N.3

Bowl

Khirbet es-Sar

1291 CE - 1516 CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Medieval-Modern Levantine handmade geometric painted ware (HMGP)

11th c. CE - 20th c. CE

Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Later Islamic - Fatimid/Mamluk, Ottoman, Ottoman

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Piotr Makowski, Jacek Michniewicz. "Uncovering a Middle Islamic rural settlement in the Balqā region: chrono-typological, functional and petrographic insights into pottery evidence from Khirbat es-Sār" The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (2026)

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This pottery was yielded during the excavations directed jointly by Jolanta Młynarczyk and Mariusz Burdajewicz.

This vessel is identified as a member of HMGP Fabric 2a by the author.