Tell el-Yahudiya juglets
Afula, 1800–1700 BCE, pottery
Israel Antiquities Authority
Tell el-Yahudiya ware is a distinct group of pottery
named after the site of Tell el-Yahudiya in the
Egyptian Nile Delta where it was first identified. The
group is distinguished by its decorative technique of
depressions filled with a white substance. The earliest
vessels were manufactured in the Levant, reaching
Egypt along with the Canaanite population that
settled in the Delta, where local imitations were soon
produced. For this reason, such vessels are associated
with the Hyksos.
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