This unrestricted KA pot (or large beaker) is black on gray (really gray on gray) and highly polished on both the interior and exterior surfaces--intense horizontal burnishing marks are visible on both surfaces. The interior surface is more abraded and there are numerous locations on the interior where the polish/slip has flaked away. For some reason, the interior burnished is preserved more intensely in circumferential bands which alternate with un-polished bands. Perhaps a result of the original polishing technique? Or from use? The exterior surface is not uniform in color like the interior, mottled with Dark Gray GY1 4/N in addition to the Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N listed above. There is significant crackalure on the exterior (90%). The deocration schema consists of one register of acute angle decorations framed between two circumferential furrow ornaments. The angles open to the right side and are compartmentalized by oblique or vertical hatches which run approx. perpendicular to and intersect with the two furrows. Point decorations fill the remaining space of each compartment, except for the interior spaces of each angle. Medium sand is also present in significant amounts in the vessel fabric. Breaks are smooth and there is no visible corrosion.
From Interior to Exterior