This ware was first identified as such in the excavations at Yavneh, where kilns producing cooking pots were found (Yavneh railway line late Persian - early Hellenistic kilns). The texture of the ware is rough, granular and sandy and the vessels have a distinctive bright red color with some white inclusions. The sand in the clay is easily felt to touch. The cooking pots were made on the wheel, and were well fired. They are all one form: globular, with an exterior that was smoothed while the vessels were still wet. Two ridged handles attach from the rim to the shoulders. All the cooking pots have a narrow ledge rim, similar...
The texture of the ware is rough, granular and sandy and have a distinctive bright red color with some white inclusions. The sand in the clay is easily felt to touch.
Yavneh (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain)
Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain
Eli Hadad and Liat Nadav-Ziv excavated the site on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority