RT Article
T1 IVL Impressions and Their Implications for the Production of Ceramic Building Materials in Aelia Capitolina
JF Tel Aviv
VO 49
IS 1
SP 98
OP 114
A1 Cohen-Weinberger, Anat
A1 Lieberman, Tehillah
A1 Szanton, Nahshon
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1800325398
AB This article presents a group of ceramic building materials (bricks and pipes) from the city of Aelia Capitolina. This group bears rare impressions consisting of three Latin letters: IVL. The IVL group is studied typologically and petrographically, suggesting that a private workshop operated in Aelia Capitolina no later than the 3rd century CE. Petrographically, the IVL group is different from the well-known ceramic building materials bearing impressions of the Xth Roman legion Fretensis, manufactured in the kilnworks near the Jerusalem International Convention Center (Binyanei HaʾUma). This suggests that the IVL group was not produced in the legionary workshop. The current study is an additional facet contributing to the discussion on the various modes of production of ceramic building materials in Jerusalem during the Late Roman period. Further examined is the relation between military, municipal and private ceramic production, possibly as a mirror of the municipal development and processes that Jerusalem underwent during the period under discussion, and the role of the City of David within these processes.
K1 City of David
K1 Stepped street
K1 Production modes
K1 Petrography
K1 Xth Legion
K1 Late Roman period
K1 Ceramic building materials
DO 10.1080/03344355.2022.2057023