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Code
Ar/Ab.AB4.07.C.05
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Early Bronze Age / Ранняя Бронза
Remarks

A gray KA beaker with extremely mottled exterior and interior surfaces. The exterior is mottled with significant amounts of Reddish Brown 5YR 4/3 (~30%) and the interior is mottled with ~40% Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N. The single register of ornamentation on the vessel neck consists of a wide zigzag decoration (approx. 0.32cm) bounded between two 0.16cm wide furrows. The zigzag is filled with oblique hatches and punctate decorations. Outside the zigzag, in the triangular spaces created by the furrows, are other oblique hatch and punctate ornaments, in no apparently organized pattern. The preserved rim is extremely abraded and chipped, but enough to remains for good approximations of rim diameter, shape, and thickness (three very large chips). Burnishing marks on the exterior are horizontal and high in frequency. They continue 2.7cm onto the interior surface, before beginning to alternate with unpolished 1cm wide bands of surface. Whether this constitutes the original decoration or is a result of abrasion/weathering is unclear. The exterior surface is 30% covered in scratches (from trowels?). Medium and fine sand are present in large amounts in the fabric, in addition to the coarse sand grains mentioned above. Breaks and rough, no significant visible corrosion.

Status
Drawn
Variant
Unrestricted / Открытый Сосуд
Mode
Beaker
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Rim, Neck, Shoulder
Hardness
Apatite
Inclusions
Coarse 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
Outward (protruding) / Отогнутая
Plan
Circular / Круглый
Shape
2-Part / Двухскатный
Diameter
130.0mm
Diameter %
12.5%
Thickness
3.86mm
Shoulder
Axis
Cone / Коническая
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Measurements
Length (max)
60.74mm
Width (max)
60.36mm
Thickness
7.6mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Gray 10YR 5/1
Exterior Color
Dark Gray GY1 4/N
Core Bands
Dark Gray GY1 4/N
Black GY1 2.5/N
Dominant Core Band
1
Decoration
Elements from Top to Bottom
Furrow / Бороздка
Zig-Zag / Зигзаг
Oblique Hatch / Косая штриховка
Point / Точка
Furrow / Бороздка
Technologies from Top to Bottom
Press Tool / Вдавленный
Linear Tool / Резной
Linear Tool / Резной
Pointed Tool / Точечный
Press Tool / Вдавленный