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Code
Ar/Ge.GeT2.E554.C.02
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Late Bronze Age / Поздней бронзы
Remarks

Designated MAE154--radiographed, XRF, SAXS. A sizable fragment from a large LB jar. The decorative schema consists of three circumferential, applied cord decorations. The cords average 1.4cm in width and the impressions in each applique that provide the cord appearance average 1.7cm in length, spaced average 1.2 cm apart. Superior to the 3 circumferential decorations are dense, skew burnishing marks, running, for the most part, from upper left to lower right. This more superior area of the shoulder may have been polished at some point, though little of that effect is still present. Dense circumferential rotational striations are visible on the external surface, INCLUDING on the applique decorations. The external surface is mottled with 10% Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N and encrusted 20% with light gray 7.5YR 7/1, reddish brown 5YR 4/3, and red 10R 5/6 material, likely a result of the Gegharot shrine conflagration. The interior munsell color should be listed as Weak Red 2.5YR 4/2. The interior is 70% covered in light gray 7.5YR 7/1 corrosion In addition to the fine sand, significant amounts of medium and coarse sand, and pebbles are visible in the fabric. Both surfaces are unusually free of inclusion perforations or pyrite pops. There is a single circumferentially running crack on the exterior running left to right between decorations 1 and 2. Breaks are rough.

Status
Photo Scan, Analyzed
Variant
Indeterminate / неопределенный
Mode
Large Indeterminate / Сосуд
Possible Function
Storage, Indeterminate
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Shoulder
Hardness
Fluorite
Inclusions
Fine Sand
Sorting
Poorly Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Shoulder
Axis
Cone / Коническая
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Measurements
Length (max)
107.94mm
Width (max)
97.41mm
Thickness
13.42mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Weak Red 2.5YR 5/2
Exterior Color
Reddish brown 5YR 5/3
Core Bands
Reddish Brown 2.5YR 5/4
Grayish Brown 10YR 5/2
Gray GY1 6/N
Reddish Brown 2.5YR 5/4
Dominant Core Band
3
Decoration
Elements from Top to Bottom
Cord Pattern / Веревочный
Cord Pattern / Веревочный
Cord Pattern / Веревочный
Technologies from Top to Bottom
Applique / Налеп
Applique / Налеп
Applique / Налеп