General InformationDuring the Early Roman period, Judean potters produced a distinctive, elaborately decorated table ware decorated with floral and geometric motifs. The vessels were painted in a freestyle with a large variety of motifs and compositions. The Judaean painted ware (JPW) is part of a larger phenomenon as seen from products of similar workshops operating in southern Israel and Jordan associated with the Nabateans (Perlman, et al. 1986; Gunneweg, et al. 1988; Rosenthal-Heginbottom 2019: 154). The most common shape was a shallow, thin-walled bowls; jugs and juglets were also produced. Two decorative groups are known: a red-light brown paint on cream color and a darker version with dark to gray paint applied on light gray pottery. The forms of the JPW bowls are identical to plain, undecorated thin-walled bowls. All have an incurved rim and some have an inner depression on their bottom. The JPW closed vessels come in a variety of shapes as jugs with shelf rim, juglets with thickened rim and juglets with rounded loop handles.

Description

Decorated tableware, made of very thin and compact clay with some added lime inclusions. 

Jerusalem Painted Ware
Pseudo-Nabatean Ware 

Jerusalem, City of David/Ophel (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands)

Jerusalem, Old City/East Jerusalem (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands)