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Code
Ar/Ab.AB4.02.C.10
Coded on
2007-06-09
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Late Bronze I - Iron 1b
Remarks

Body sherd from a large LB storage jar. Likely from the same vessel as Ar/Ab.AB4.02.C.08, 9, and 11. The exterior is mottled with Black GY1 2.5/N, especially on its lower half. The sherd features high amounts of "wiping" or textile impressions, oriented circumferentially on the upper portion and upper left to lower right on the lower portion. Interior surface rotational striations are largely obliterated. In addition to the coarse sand particles mentioned above, medium sand, very coarse sand, and grit are also visible in the fabric and in surface perforations in moderate amounts. Moderate amounts of pyrite are also visible in both surfaces, no popping. 3 or 4 visible surface burnouts from organic material. There is significant delamination visible between core bands 1 and 2, suggesting a layering, sequential formation technique. No visible corrosion. Breaks are hackly.

Variant
Indeterminate / неопределенный
Mode
Large Indeterminate / Сосуд
Possible Function
Indeterminate
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Body
Hardness
Microcline
Inclusions
Coarse 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
Measurements
Length (max)
109.53mm
Width (max)
85.2mm
Thickness
12.53mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Brown 7.5YR 5/2
Exterior Color
Dark Gray 7.5YR 4/1
Core Bands
Black GY1 2.5/N
Dark Gray GY1 4/N
Dominant Core Band
2