This name represents a long-lived, widespread ware family of handmade, unpainted vessels. Examples often appear in the same contexts as Medieval-Ottoman Levantine Handmade Painted Ware vessels, but are attested in 10th century contexts at Petra (Sinibaldi 2016), and probably by the 11th c. at Aqaba (Whitcomb 1988), Humayma, and Gharandal (Walmsley and Grey 2001) in southern Jordan, and at Kh. el-Khurrumiya in northern Israel. Preliminary observations suggest that in the Mamluk period these two wares may sometimes represent different productions in Jordan, with the unpainted wares and some painted wares representing a lower ...
Clay color depends on place of manufacture and region; published colors include light brown (in the Wadi Arabah) and red (Petra region), usually with a grey or black firing core. The surface is sometimes cloudy from uneven firing, but it is difficult to make general observations across the wide area and time period that this ware is attested. A distinguishing aspect is the presence of vegetal inclusions, in some cases specifically as dung temper. Other inclusions include many grits and li...
Beth She'an, Scythopolis (Israel/Beth She'an Valley)
Horbat Bet Zeneta (Israel/Galilee)
