DOI issue:
Lebanon
DOI article:Domżalski, Krzysztof; Wicenciak, Urszula; Tayeb, Mahmoud el; Waliszewski, Tomasz: Late hellenistic and early roman pottery production center at Jiyeh rescue excavations, 2004
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42090#0434
JIYEH
LEBANON
LOCALLY PRODUCED POTTERY FROM TRIAL PITS B1-B3
The huge quantities of strongly fragmen-
ted sherds of brittle-ware and other coarse
vessels, including many misfired pieces,
proved that the following forms: cooking
pots, pot stands, flat-based bowls and
dishes, jugs, lids, transport amphorae and
oil lamps, must have been manufactured in
nearby workshops. The fabric was rather
similar in all cases, granular and rough in
the break, and rather gritty on the surface.
The color depended on firing conditions
and went from grayish, greenish and
brownish to reddish and orange. Most of
the wasters represented deformed vessels;
the amorphous fired clay blocks were of
greenish hue.
Two types of cooking pots prevailed in
the assemblage: a globular pot with collar-
type vertical rim [Fig. 3} and one with an
outward-slanting rim. Fragments of the
first form were the most numerous. Pot
stands, flat- based bowls and dishes, jugs
and lids were of fairly similar shape, dif-
fering in size alone. Interestingly, almost
all of the lids had handles intentionally
pierced with a pointed tool.
Fig. 5. Locally made cooking pot fragments from
trial pits B1-B3 (Photo K. Domzalski)
Fig. 6. Locally made transport amphorae fragments from trial pits B1-B3; note wasters on the right
(Photo K. Domzalski)
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LEBANON
LOCALLY PRODUCED POTTERY FROM TRIAL PITS B1-B3
The huge quantities of strongly fragmen-
ted sherds of brittle-ware and other coarse
vessels, including many misfired pieces,
proved that the following forms: cooking
pots, pot stands, flat-based bowls and
dishes, jugs, lids, transport amphorae and
oil lamps, must have been manufactured in
nearby workshops. The fabric was rather
similar in all cases, granular and rough in
the break, and rather gritty on the surface.
The color depended on firing conditions
and went from grayish, greenish and
brownish to reddish and orange. Most of
the wasters represented deformed vessels;
the amorphous fired clay blocks were of
greenish hue.
Two types of cooking pots prevailed in
the assemblage: a globular pot with collar-
type vertical rim [Fig. 3} and one with an
outward-slanting rim. Fragments of the
first form were the most numerous. Pot
stands, flat- based bowls and dishes, jugs
and lids were of fairly similar shape, dif-
fering in size alone. Interestingly, almost
all of the lids had handles intentionally
pierced with a pointed tool.
Fig. 5. Locally made cooking pot fragments from
trial pits B1-B3 (Photo K. Domzalski)
Fig. 6. Locally made transport amphorae fragments from trial pits B1-B3; note wasters on the right
(Photo K. Domzalski)
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