Flaked Glass and Pottery Sherd Tools of the Late Roman and Byzantine Periods from the Hippodrome at Jerash

Abstract

This article introduces nine unusual tools which to the best of my knowledgc have so far not been noted in excavations of historical sites in Jordan. These tools are rare not only because they are made in the millennia old tradition of flint-working but also in that this technique was applied to material not usually used for the manufacturc of flaked tools. There are one glass sherd blade (no. 9) and eight pottery sherd tools (nos. 18) from Late Roman and Byzantine levels at the hippodrome at Jerash.