Southern Levantine Hellenistic-Roman Loess Cooking Ware

Ware/Ware Family/Style: Southern Levantine Hellenistic-Roman Loess Cooking Ware

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Name, Geographic and Chronological Range

Name:

Southern Levantine Hellenistic-Roman Loess Cooking Ware

Country/region of ware origin:

Israel/Central Coastal Plain, Israel/Carmel coastal plain

Date BCE/CE:

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Period:

Hellenistic, Roman

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General Information and Description

General Information

Potters working along the Levantine coast south of the Carmel mountains would use local loess clays to make cooking vessels. In Persian and Hellenistic times the clay was well levigated and fine, resulting in a cooking ware that is a denser, cleaner version of Southern Levantine Iron Age Cooking Pot Fabric.

Description

Vessels 1

Dor L: 08D4-354 B: 08D4-3907/6

Cooking pot

Tel Dor

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Late Hellenistic

Break Photos 1

Dor L: 08D4-354 B: 08D4-3907/6

Cooking pot

Tel Dor

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Late Hellenistic

Petrographic Samples 1

DR 301
Dor L: 08D4-354 B: 08D4-3907/6
Tel Dor

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Late Hellenistic

Magnification:
x40

Polarized Light?
XPL

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Earlier/Alternative Names

Loess with coastal inclusions (Stager et al. 2011: 56; Fig. 4.2)

Site Distribution

Israel

Tel Dor (Israel/Carmel coastal plain)

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Associated Petrofabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Stager, Lawrence E.; Master, Daniel M.; Schloen, David J. "Local Pottery" in Ashkelon 3: The Seventh Century B.C., ed(s). Lawrence E. Stager, Daniel M. Master, David J. Schloen. Harvard Semitic Museum Publications Final Reports of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon 3. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2011, 71-96 , Figure 4.2.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Tel Dor Archaeological Project

Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology (MIT)

Vessel Drawing: Computerised Archaeology Lab, HUJI

Photo, section photo and petrography: Barak Monnickendam-Givon