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Code
Ar/Ab.AB4.11.C.01
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Early Bronze Age / Ранняя Бронза
Remarks

A small KA pot with a light-colored reddish interior (and exterior rim) and gray exterior. Because this fragment exhibits a longer neck than most other EB sherds from Aragatsiberd it is coded here as a pot, not a beaker, but if it was more complete it may just as easily be a beaker. The rim is heavily abraded and slightly chipped. The simple decoration schema consists of a narrow, two-line zigzag register placed between two light furrows. One portion of the zigzag hosts a third, centerline. The exterior surface color is listed as Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N, but this is only the color below the mid-neck, above which the color is Light Brown 7.5YR 6/3. The interior surface features different colors on different parts due to the fact that it is polished down to the beginning of the interior shoulder. The interior rim and neck are the Dark Reddish Gray 5YR 4/2 color noted above, while the interior shoulder is Gray 10YR 5/1. The core band color, while listed as Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N, is also mottled with Black GY1 3/N. While the dominant fabric inclusion is the above listed "fine sand,” there are numerous very coarse sand grains present. These coarse grains perforate the interior and exterior surfaces in several locations. Horizontal polish marks are visible on the polished portions of both the interior and exterior surfaces. Below the polished interior, horizontal rotational striations are visible. Breaks are rough and there is no significant corrosion evidence.

Status
Drawn
Variant
Unrestricted / Открытый Сосуд
Mode
Pot / Открытый Сосуд
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Rim, Neck, Shoulder
Hardness
Fluorite
Inclusions
Fine Sand
Sorting
Poorly Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Polished / Обмаз. Полированная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Polished / Обмаз. Полированная
Neck
Axis
Biconical / Раструбная
Profile
Concave / Вогнутый
Rim
Applied?
No
Rolled?
No
Axis
Continuous / Прямая
Plan
Circular / Круглый
Shape
2-Part / Двухскатный
Diameter
100.0mm
Diameter %
10.38%
Thickness
3.81mm
Shoulder
Axis
Cone / Коническая
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Measurements
Length (max)
46.85mm
Width (max)
38.51mm
Thickness
5.28mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Dark Reddish Gray 5YR 4/2
Exterior Color
Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N
Core Bands
Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N
Decoration
Elements from Top to Bottom
Furrow / Бороздка
Zig-Zag / Зигзаг
Furrow / Бороздка
Technologies from Top to Bottom
Press Tool / Вдавленный
Linear Tool / Резной
Press Tool / Вдавленный