This amphora type was first identified during the work on the finds from the 2010-12 IAA excavations at Yavneh. The amphorae are represented mainly at Yavneh itself, with association of a 7th c. pottery workshop, and in smaller numbers in other nearby sites as well as in two Egyptian sites. The amphorae are made of a coarse, orange or yellowish-brown ware (sometimes fired to yellowish-buff), which—to the naked eye—seems virtually identical to the ware of the LRA 4 and LRA 5/6 jars. This amphora type has a short, vertical neck (ca. 3.5–5 cm) with a slight ridge at its upper third, an everted, hooked rim, two flat/concave-sectioned loop handles from the neck’s base to the shoulder and a ribbed, moderately slantin...
Yavneh (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain)
Yavneh Yam (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain)
Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain