Designated MAE151--radiographed, XRF, SAXS. A fragment from a large LB jar, the thickness of the sherd appears to increase slightly as it moves from closer to the neck to closer to the body. The decorative schema consists of a single, circumferential (applied) belt featuring an incised herringbone decoration cut into it. The belt is approximately 1.7cm wide and the herringbone arms average 1.4cm long. The design cuts through polish, so that the incisions not reflective like the vessel surface. There is another possible decoration consisting of vertical impressions at the most inferior edge of the sherd, but it indistinct enough to not be noted in the form. The remainder of the exterior is covered in dense, circumferential rotational striations, which are particularly visible where polish or slip has come off the sherd (superior area). The exterior is significantly mottled with Gray 7.5YR 6/1, and 10% covered in spindly gray corrosion. The interior is mottled with 50% with Dark Gray 5YR 4/1. Diagonal motion in the inferior fabric suggests a coil-oriented formation technique. While the exterior exhibits two wipe marks inferior to the decoration belt, the interior features two teardrop shaped impressions, running superior-inferior, possibly from an elongated, ovoid tool. One is 2.6cm in length, the other 1.3cm, and both are 3mm-wide at their widest extent. In addition to the very fine sand, significant amounts of coarse and very coarse sand, as well as small pebbles are visible in the fabric, and exterior and interior surfaces. Moderate frequencies of cracks are observable on both surfaces. Pyrite pops are few in number, mostly on the internal surface. Breaks are rough.
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