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Code
Ar/Ab.AB4.09.C.01
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Late Bronze I - Iron 1b
Remarks

A small jar found in two parts, approx 15cm apart in the locus 8 ashy (garbage) matrix. The outermost surface of the base is almost completely eroded away--although a basal surface remains, it consists entirely of smoothed core matrix. Impossible to identify the base profile or plan. The piece has been restored with a single, circumferential gypsum fill, uniting the upper and lower halves. There is one circumferential incised linear decoration at the n/s transition. It is inconsistently applied, moving inferiorlysuperiorly the n/s area and at some points disappearing completely. The body portion of the vessel hosts several other vertical lines that run from the b/s transition to the base. Some of them are incised, and some are barely hinted furrows. This it makes it difficult to produce an exact count, but there could be as many as 10 or varying depths. First time I have seem this vertical body decoration in a form other than polish ornamentation. Other diagonal lines on the exterior shoulder may represent decorations or perhaps the remains of a rope/cord present on the exterior during firing. The exterior surface is highly mottled with the above-noted Black, Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N, and Reddish Gray 5YR 5/2. Core bands, inclusions, and interior surface characteristics are unavailable for examination due to the restoration process. The interior and exterior rim surfaces are highly chipped and abraded, leaving the superior rim surface preserved over only 50% of the rim. Neck is only slightly conical, almost cylindrical.

Status
Restored
Variant
Restricted / Закрытый Сосуд
Mode
Perfume Jar / Флакон
Possible Function
Indeterminate
Preservation
Complete
Extant Parts
Complete
Hardness
Apatite
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Base
Plan
Other / Другой
Diameter
35.82mm
Body
Axis
Inverted Cone / Обратно конич.
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Foot

No characteristics supplied for foot.

Grip Handle

No characteristics supplied for grip handle.

Leg

No characteristics supplied for leg.

Neck
Axis
Conical / Коническая
Profile
Concave / Вогнутый
Diameter
43.9mm
Rim
Applied?
No
Rolled?
No
Axis
Outward (protruding) / Отогнутая
Plan
Circular / Круглый
Shape
Rounded / Закругленный
Diameter
39.93mm
Diameter %
100.0%
Thickness
4.3mm
Shoulder
Axis
Cone / Коническая
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Spout

No characteristics supplied for spout.

Measurements
Height from base to rim
76.35mm
Height from base to body/shoulder break
28.22mm
Height from body/shoulder break to neck/shoulder break
35.45mm
Height from neck/shoulder break to rim
12.68mm
Body/shoulder diameter
75.15mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Exterior Color
Black GY1 2.5/N
Decoration
Elements from Top to Bottom
Line / Линия
Line / Линия
Technologies from Top to Bottom
Press Tool / Вдавленный
Linear Tool / Резной