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Code
Ar/Ab.AB1.12.C.06
Coded on
2004-05-09
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Late Bronze I - Iron 1b
Remarks

A small and shallow LM bowl, light colored, with a protruding rim and no neck. The decorative schema consists of a register of circumferential oblique hatches incised into the lateral rim surface, running from upper right to lower left; a circumferential herringbone register of cross hatches at the s/b transition; and a single circumferential incised line just below the herringbone register, also at the s/b transition. All of the ornaments were likely incised with the same tool. Closer inspection of the second, herringbone register shows that for every upper left to upper right hatch, a single upper right to lower left hatch crosses. The core bands are highly blended, creating a subtle core sandwich. The fabric contains moderate amounts of fine and coarse sand particles in addition to the medium sand noted above. Fine and medium sand inclusions are visible in the exterior surface, but do not perforate the smooth exterior. The interior is perforated in several locations by coarse sand inclusions. The exterior smoothing ends halfway across the superior rim surface. Circumferential rotational striations are visible on the interior and exterior surfaces. The superior rim surface is concave and uneven, confirming that the bowl was likely a tableware, not a vessel for preparing or storing foods. Breaks are rough. Negligible frequencies of pyrite inclusions and corrosion are visible on all surfaces.

Variant
Unrestricted / Открытый Сосуд
Mode
Beaker
Possible Function
Indeterminate
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Rim, Shoulder, Body
Hardness
Microcline
Inclusions
Medium Sand
Sorting
Poorly Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Body
Axis
Inverted Cone / Обратно конич.
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Rim
Applied?
No
Rolled?
No
Axis
Outward (protruding) / Отогнутая
Plan
Circular / Круглый
Shape
Rectangular / Прямоугольная
Diameter
140.0mm
Diameter %
7.0%
Thickness
11.41mm
Shoulder
Axis
Cone / Коническая
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Measurements
Length (max)
40.29mm
Width (max)
32.35mm
Thickness
6.98mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Light Reddish Brown 5YR 6/4
Exterior Color
Light Brown 7.5YR 6/3
Core Bands
Red 2.5YR 4/6
Reddish brown 5YR 5/3
Red 2.5YR 4/6
Dominant Core Band
2
Decoration
Elements from Top to Bottom
Oblique Hatch / Косая штриховка
Herringbone / Елочный
Line / Линия
Technologies from Top to Bottom
Linear Tool / Резной
Linear Tool / Резной
Press Tool / Вдавленный