Transjordan Highland Plain Ware appears in a full range of functional categories (table, kitchen, cooking, and storage). The ware is made from Transjordan Highland Terra Rossa. Vessels in Transjordan Highland Plain Ware have surfaces that are untreated or that may have a slight self-slip from potters’ efforts to smooth surfaces with wet hands or a wet cloth. Even the examples where no self-slip is present, the surfaces bear evidence of smoothing, but without the production of a thin layer of slip drawn out from the clay body.
The ware appears in all functional categories with little variation in the overall appearance of the vessel surfaces. Exceptions include cook pot bodies, which have ribbed exteriors, unlike vessels in other categories, which tend to be smooth-bodied. Surface color varies, often with significant mottling and some fire clouding on a single vessel. The median color is reddish brown (generally 2.5YR 5/3) with examples heading to light red (2.5YR 6/6) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3). Reduction f...
'Iraq al-Amir (Jordan/Central Highlands)
Amman, Citadel (Jordan/Central Highlands)
