Abstract
Numerous complete and fragmentary ceramictiles—tegulae roof tiles and square floor tiles—as well as bricks, were unearthed at Legio. Of these, eight tegulaeand two bricks bear Roman legion stamps.Apetrographic study was conducted with the aim of establishing their mineralogical compositionand suggesting a plausible place fortheir manufacture.
Keywords
petrography
Recommended Citation
Shapiro, Anastasia
(2017)
"Petrographic Examination of Tiles, Bricks and Mortaria from Legio (pp. 41–48),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 89, Article 17.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1822
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol89/iss1/17
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