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Code
Ar/Ab.AB1.12.C.04
Coded on
2004-05-09
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Late Bronze Age / Поздней бронзы
Remarks

A small LB jar, highly polished, and made with a very fine fabric. The decorative schema consists of a complex web or 'net' pattern rendered in polish and positioned on the upper portion of the shoulder. The web lines average 0.125cm wide and run upper left to lower right and upper right to lower left, rather unorganized and inconsistently. It is not a highly stringent design. The neck also appears to be polished with horizontal, circumferential polish marks, but the "background" of the net, between the lines, is unpolished, accenting the intersecting lines of the design. The exterior polish regimen continues onto the interior surface, down to the interior shoulder, at which point the interior is no longer polished. In addition to the fine sand noted above, significant amounts of medium sand particles are also present in the compact fabric. The highly 'sandwiched' fabric may indicate a slab construction method, using layers to form the vessel walls. The interior is 80% covered in light yellowish brown corrosion, the exterior 10%. There are almost no sand inclusions of pyrite visible in any of the surfaces. Breaks are rough.

Variant
Restricted / Закрытый Сосуд
Mode
Jar / Закрытый Сосуд
Possible Function
Indeterminate
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Rim, Neck, Shoulder
Hardness
Calcite
Inclusions
Fine Sand
Sorting
Poorly Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Polished / Обмаз. Полированная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Neck
Axis
Conical / Коническая
Profile
Concave / Вогнутый
Rim
Applied?
No
Rolled?
No
Axis
Continuous / Прямая
Plan
Circular / Круглый
Shape
Rounded / Закругленный
Diameter
220.0mm
Diameter %
3.125%
Thickness
8.91mm
Shoulder
Axis
Cone / Коническая
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Measurements
Length (max)
41.04mm
Width (max)
26.9mm
Thickness
6.35mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Black GY1 2.5/N
Exterior Color
Black GY1 2.5/N
Core Bands
Pinkish Gray 5YR 6/2
Black GY1 2.5/N
Pinkish Gray 5YR 6/2
Decoration
Elements from Top to Bottom
Thick Polish Element / Лощеная полоса
Web Pattern / Сетчатый
Technologies from Top to Bottom
Polish Tool / Лощенный
Polish Tool / Лощенный