Abstract
The pottery recovered from the excavation at the site of the Bet She’an Youth Hostel includes few Late Roman sherds; a rich Byzantine assemblage comprising local and imported bowls, cooking wares, storage jars, jugs and amphorae; an equally rich Early Islamic assemblage consisting of glazed wares ranging from Coptic glazed ware to double-slipped glazed bowls, ‘Kerbschnitt’ bowls, glazed and unglazed cooking ware, and plain vessels made of both reddish and buff wares, possibly produced on-site, as well as kiln wasters, lids, a pomegranate-shaped bottle, a zoomorphic vessel and jar fragments bearing incised inscriptions; a rich variety of medieval vessels, including local and imported glazed bowls, monochrome, slip-painted and molded bowls, plain and handmade painted bowls, glazed cooking ware and closed containers, as well as a unique cache of beautifully decorated faience bowls. Several glazed and plain household wares and tobacco pipes were assigned to the Ottoman period.
Keywords
ceramic typology, pottery production, faience vessels, Late Roman period, Byzantine period, Early Islamic period, Middle Ages, Ottoman period
Recommended Citation
Avissar, Miriam
(2014)
"The Ceramic Finds from the Late Roman to the Ottoman Periods at Bet She’an (Youth Hostel) (Hebrew pp. 65–146; English summary, pp. 129*–130*),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 77, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1664
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol77/iss1/2
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