Collection: Macquarie University History Museum

Cooking Pot

Accession #	MU167
Creator
Culture	Judean
Period	Iron Age II B-C
Date	8th-6th Century BCE
Provenance	Beersheba, Israel
Material/s	Ceramic
Dimensions	193 mm (h) x 177 mm (max. diameter) x 100 mm (rim diameter) x 91 mm (mouth diameter)
Collection	Macquarie University History Museum
Source	Macquarie University, MAC
Classification	Vessel

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The vessel is a cooking pot that is specifically found only in the south and not earlier than the 8th century BC. It has a roughly globular body with a short neck. The base curves outward only slightly, and rises into a gentle curve that continues to the neck. The neck begins with a ridge, then three rills, then another ridge that incorporates the rim. There are two thick handles opposite one another, which leave the rim and join the body about one fifth of the way down. Each handle is decorated with two vertical rills. The clay is very hard and fine, allowing the thin construction that helps a cooking pot transfer heat; an important consideration in a region where it is as difficult to find firewood as it is to find fuel for the kiln. There is also a dark reddish brown external slip that would have been applied before firing. It is unusual to have any decoration on cooking pots. The vessel is in a relatively poor state of preservation, requiring modern implements for its reconstruction.

Syllabus Links
- Stage 6 HSC Ancient Societies. Option C Society in Israel from Solomon to the fall of Samaria
  - The economy, including; importance of agriculture; occupations, crafts and industry.
  - Cultural and everyday life, including; Art and architecture (ACHAH120, ACHAH121, ACHAH123); leisure activities
- Stage 6 HSC Historical Period. Option C The Ancient Levant - First Temple Period c.970-586 BC
  - Changing relations between the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah, 931-722 BC
- Historical Concepts and Skills; Analysis and use of sources
  - Explain the meaning and value of sources for an historical inquiry (ACHAH007, ACHAH009)
  - Analyse sources to identify and account for the different perspectives of individuals and groups in the past (ACHAH010)
  - Analyse and synthesise evidence from different types of sources to develop reasoned claims (ACHAH008)
  - Identify and analyse problems relating to sources in the investigation of the past (ACHAH011)
- Historical Concepts and Skills; Historical investigation and research.
  - Use evidence from a range of sources to inform investigation and research (ACHAH005)
Online Resources
- Ancient Pottery Database. Iron Age IIB Cooking Pots: http://apd.farli.org/the-southern-levant/ia/iron-age-iib/iron-age-iib-cooking-pots/iron-age-iib-cooking-pots
- The Chronology of the Iron Age IIA in Judah in the Light of Tel ʿEton Tomb C3 and Other Assemblages
- Iron Age Overview
- Pottery - Canaan and Ancient Israel at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- The Iron Age Pottery from Khirbat en-Nahas, Jordan. A Preliminary Study
Bibliography/References
- Bull, Ludlow and Maurice S. Dimand, (1935), "Antiquities from Palestine", Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 30 (2), p. 44.
- Hammond, Philip C. (1973), "Pottery from Petra", Palestine Exploration Quarterly 105 (1), p. 34, no. 104.
- Magrill, Pamela (2006), A Researcher's Guide to the Lachish Collection in the British Museum. The British Museum Research Publication 161. London, p.ix.: https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/0Prelims.pdf

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External Objects
- Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 67.246.21. : https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/325902?sortBy=Relevance&where=Levant&ft=cooking+pot&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1
- Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 34.126.43.: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/323153?sortBy=Relevance&where=Levant&ft=cooking+pot&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=2
- Israel Museum Jerusalem, IAA 1980-1511.
- Israel Museum Jerusalem, IAA 1986-1741.: http://museum.imj.org.il/imagine/collections/itemCopy.asp?itemNum=371398\