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Articles

• Shqiarat, Mansour
• Abudanh, Fawzi
• Alnawafleh, Hani

This paper presents laboratory analyses of selected pottery sherds from the ancient site of Udhruh in southern Jordan. The site exhibits pottery sherds from Nabataean times up to the late Islamic period. However, in this study the samples were randomly chosen. The analyses were carried out using a scanning electron microscope equipped with specialist software. The paper establishes the historical context of Udhruh, the methodology employed, and the results of the study. The results reveal differences in the chemical composition of samples, and a variety of manufacturing techniques, only some of which appear to have been of local inspiration.

• Physical sciences
• Arts

• Αρχαιολογία

Jordan, Manufacturing, Laboratory, Pottery, Udhruh, Ware

Corresponding author: mshqiarat@yahoo.com, The authors would like to thank Dr. Nicholas John Saunders, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, for editing the first and second drafts of this paper. Dr. Saad Twaissi is thanked for his excellent work on pottery.