Abstract
A small four-square excavation carried out in an area outside the Ottoman city wall of Tiberias exposed the remains of an Early Islamic pottery workshop, built over earlier Byzantine-period walls. The building remains included parts of small rooms, pits and a tiled-floor installation. The overlying accumulations and thick ashy layers contained numerous sherds of Buff Ware vessels, including glazed bowls, partially fired plain vessels, decorated sherds, clay molds, kiln bars and basalt polishing tools. All these finds indicate that the site was an Abbasid–Fatimid period Buff Ware pottery workshop.
Keywords
pottery workshop, Early Islamic, Buff Ware, clay molds, kiln bars, clay rider toy, bronze lamp-filler
Recommended Citation
Alexandre, Yardenna
(2025)
"Tiberias: Remains of an Early Islamic Buff Ware Pottery Workshop,"
Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel: Vol. 1, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/3078-8528.1006
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/qadum/vol1/iss1/7
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