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blue and white porcelain in Level B. When studied from the perspective of Chinese
imitations, Levels A and B are indicative of the fifteenth through seventeenth
centuries, reflecting a Safavid Persian influence.

Other Glazed Wares

Green glazes on buff ware are by far the most common glazed ceramic forms in
the upper levels of this sounding. Bowls, for example, are frequently undecorated
and have plain rims (fig. 68i). When decorated, the glazed bowls often display a
black design under the green glaze. Figure 68k exhibits a variation on this design.
Glazes and designs are confined to the interior of bowls while the exteriors are left
in plain buff ware. Tftree types of base were noted for these levels and are shown
in Figure 68k-n. Ring bases and concave bases may be useful as ceramic indicators

Figure 70: Late Islamic Plain and Glazed Wares
a. 518.BB, Profile N, Level A; greenish slip on buff ware.
b. 518.F, Pit 1, Level HI«; dark gray ware.
c. 518.BA, Profile, Level A; sand-tempered, buff ware.
d. 518.BC, Profile, Level B; sand-tempered, red ware.
e. 518.BC, Profile, Level B; sand-tempered, red ware with Barbar grits.
f. 518.B, Pit 1, Level lg; buff ware.
g. 518.BA, Profile, Level A; sand-tempered, buff ware.
h. 518.BA, Profile, Level A; fine, buff ware.
i. 518.A, Pit 1, Level 1; fine, buff ware.
j. 518.A, Pit 1, Level 1; fine, buff ware.
k. 518.BA, Profile, Level A; sand-tempered, brown ware large, angular white grits.
l. 518.D, Pit 1, Level 2a; brown ware.
m. 518.A, Pit 1, Level 1; buff slip on light brown ware.
n. 518.A, Pit 1, Level 1; buff slip on sand-tempered red ware.
o. 518.BA, Profile, Level A; sand-tempered, red-brown ware.
p. 518.BA, Profile, Level A; sand-tempered, red-brown ware.
q. 518.BA, Profile, Level A; sand-tempered, red ware with Barbar grits.
r. 518.BC, Profile, Level B; sand-tempered, greenish buff ware.
s. 518.A, Pit 1, Level 1; green glazed buff ware.
t. 518.BD, Profile, Level B; green glazed buff ware.