Qumran And Jericho Pottery: A Petrographic And Chemical Provenance Study

Jacek Michniewicz

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Michniewicz, Jacek. Qumran And Jericho Pottery: A Petrographic And Chemical Provenance Study. Red. . Poznań: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza, 2009, 170 s. ISBN 978-83-232-2002-2

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Książka zawiera monograficzne opracowanie petrograficzno-geochemiczne starożytnej ceramiki pochodzącej ze stanowisk Qumran i Jerycho w basenie Morza Martwego. Jest to interesujące studium z dziedziny interdyscyplinarnej nauki zwanej archeometrią l...

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-232-2002-2

DOI:

Wydawnictwo:

Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza

Rok wydania:

2009

Liczba stron:

170

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Acknowledgements7
1. INTRODUCTION9
1.1. Location of Qumran in the light of the geological structure of the region16
1.2. What knowledge can be gained from petrographic and chemical investigations, and what are their limitations?20
1.3. Prior investigations24
1.4. Analytical methods27
1.5. Search for potential clay deposits and laboratory tests of the clay samples collected in the field28
1.5.1. Hebron29
1.5.2. En Gedi34
1.6. Experimental clay firing35
1.5.3. Wadi Qumran35
2. OIL LAMPS FROM THE QUMRAN SITE AND THE JERICHO WINTER PALACES37
2.1. Object of study37
2.2. Results of petrographic examination38
2.2.1. PETROGRAPHIC GROUP I (Foraminiferous Clay Group)38
2.2.2. PETROGRAPHIC GROUP II (Rich Clay – Calcareous Sand Group)42
2.2.3. PETROGRAPHIC GROUP III (Rich Clay – Quartz Sand Group)46
2.2.4. LAMPS NOT ASSIGNED TO ANY OF THE GROUPS48
2.3. Chemical data and mathematical interpretation51
2.3.1. Principal components analysis51
2.3.2. Spanning tree56
2.4. Comparison of the results of geochemical analyses with those of petrographic observations59
2.5. Summing up59
3. JERICHO – COMMON CERAMICS FROM HASMONEAN AND HERODIAN PALACES61
3.1. Object of study61
3.2. Petrography61
3.2.1. PETROGRAPHIC GROUP I (Foraminiferous Clay Group)61
3.2.2. PETROGRAPHIC GROUP II (Rich Clay – Calcareous Sand Group)67
3.2.3. PETROGRAPHIC GROUP III (Rich Clay – Quartz Sand Group)69
3.2.4. PETROGRAPHIC GROUP IV (Terra Rossa Group)72
3.3. Results of chemical analyses and their mathematical interpretation75
3.3.1. Principal components analysis75
3.4. Summing up81
4. QUMRAN COMMON WARES AND COMPARISON WITH THE JERICHO POTTERY85
4.1. Object of study85
4.2. Results of petrographic examinations86
4.2.1. PETROGRAPHIC GROUP I (Foraminiferous Clay Group)86
4.2.2. PETROGRAPHIC GROUP II (Rich Clay – Calcareous Sand Group)90
4.2.3. PETROGRAPHIC GROUP III (Rich Clay – Quartz Sand Group)90
4.2.4. PETROGRAPHIC GROUP IV (Terra Rossa Group)94
4.2.5. The remaining specimen no. 9094
4.3. Results of chemical analyses95
4.4. Chemical similarities and differences between the Qumran and Jericho ceramics104
4.5. Genesis of the chemical variability of the Qumran and Jericho ceramics108
4.6. Summing up117
5. CERAMICS FROM QUMRAN AND JERICHO AS COMPARED WITH EZ-ZARA AND KHIRBET MAZIN POTTERY AND CLAYS SAMPLED IN THE FIELD121
5.1. Petrographic investigations121
5.2. Comparative chemical analysis129
5.3. Interpretation of the results135
5.4. Are the Qumran ceramics made of Wadi Qumran deposits?138
5.5. Conclusions140
References143
List of figures153
List of tables157
Ceramika z Qumran i Jerycho. Petrograficzno-chemiczne badania nad jej pochodzeniem (S t r e s z c z e n i e)159

-WerevesselsofthesameshapediscoveredinQumran,Jericho,Khirbet

Mazin,andontheothershoreoftheDeadSea,inCallirrhoe,madeofthe

samerawmaterial?

-Canweidentifyasetofpetrographicorchemicalpropertiesofthispottery

thatwouldhelptoestablishitsagewithreferencetostratigraphicdeterminations?

-CanweindicatetheplaceofproductionofthepotteryofQumranand

Jericho,oratleasttheplaceoforiginoftherawmaterialused?7

-Doesthepetrographyofthepotteryfromthesettlementandthecaves

corroborateordisprovetheconnectionofthemanuscriptswithQumran

residents?and

-CouldtheclayfromWadiQumransupportmanufacturingactivityin

thesettlement?

Therearealsomoredetailedissues:

-WhatwastherawmaterialusedtomakethelampsfromQumranlo-

cus130,whoseshapes,indicativeofthelateHellenisticperiod,accordingto

Humbert(2003:435)havenoparallelsinPalestineorelsewhere,andmost

likelyarenotlocalatall?8

-ArethestoragejarsfromtheHasmoneancontextmadeofdifferentclay

thantheHerodianones,assuggestedbyBar-Nathan(2002:199)?

-IstherawmaterialusedtomaketheJericho,genizah’or,scrolljars’

similartotherawmaterialofwhichtheQumran,scrolljars’weremade?

Answeringtheabovequestionsistheaimofthepresentdissertation.

SixtytwospecimensofQumranpottery,mostlyrepresentingdeVaux’sPe-

riodsIIandIII,werecomparedinitwith46fragmentsofpotteryfromJeri-

chodatedbythestratigraphic-architecturalstagesofdevelopmentofwinter

palaces(Netzer2001;Bar-Nathan2002).Theresearchalsoembracedasmall

amountofsherdsofRomanjarsfromKhirbetMazinandjarsfromthe

Herodianhotspringsatez-Zara/Callirrhoe9(cf.Clamer1989,1997).

SamplesoftheQumranpotterywereprovidedbyJeanBaptisteHumbert

OPoftheÉcoleBibliqueetArchéologiquedeFrançaisedeJérusalem,the

potteryfromJerichocamefromDrRahelBar-NathanoftheIsraelAntiquity

AuthorityandProf.EhudNetzeroftheHebrewUniversity,whilespecimens

fromez-ZaraweresuppliedbyDrChristaClamer,theÉcoleBibliqueetAr-

chéologiquedeFrançaisedeJérusalem.

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7AnindividualcharacteroftherangeoftheQumranceramicswouldbeanotherargu-

mentforthesectarianoriginoftheinhabitantsofQumranindicativeoftheirhermetismorat

leastlimitedcontactwiththeexternalworld,restrictedtradeexchangeand,perhaps,monastic

characterofthecommunity.Inturn,thepresenceofceramicsfromoutsideQumran,e.g.Jeri-

cho,andparticularlyceramicsimportedfromafar,wouldprovelackofisolation.

8HumbertdescribedthemaslampsoftheQumranlocus130type,suggestingthatthey

couldhavecomefromEgyptorwereimitationsofEgyptianmodels.

9ThisistheplaceofthelastattemptstocureHerodtheGreat,wherehestayedjustbefore

hisdeath.

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