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Code
Ar/Ge.T16.108.C.2
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Late Bronze I - Iron 1b
Remarks

This sherd may also be a body piece, but it\\\'s impossible to say more than \\\'shoulder\\\' due to the size of the fragment. Much of the slip has flaked of the interior surface, revealing an inner, coarse, unsmoothed surface onto which the 1mm-thick slip was applied. The interior surface also features basket or textile impressions, perhaps indicating a molding technique of formation: a pot or form covered in textile onto which the new vessel was modeled. The \\\'line\\\' decoration has rather angular sides, rectangular, and is not very deep. The exterior surface features vertical burnishing lines, but it\\\'s unclear is they are meant as vertical decorations or if enough polish has abraded away that only these lines are left. The exterior color is inconsistent with Pinkish Gray 7.5 YR 6/2 covering one third of the exterior surface. Firing cloud? Perhaps, because the darker color crosses the ornamental line without any regard for a representational frame. No corrosion visible, but limited mica \\\"pops\\\" are present on the exterior surface

Hardness
Apatite
Inclusions
Coarse Sand
Sorting
Poorly Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Polished / Обмаз. Полированная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Measurements
Length (max)
84.0mm
Width (max)
75.0mm
Thickness
11.0mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N
Exterior Color
Black GY1 2.5/N
Core Bands
Black GY1 2.5/N
Decoration
Elements from Top to Bottom
Line / Линия
Thick Polish Element / Лощеная полоса