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Code
Ar/Ge.T21.31.C.01
Coded on
2008-02-08
Recorder
Adam Smith
Period
Late Bronze Age / Поздней бронзы
Remarks

Small handmade Late Bronze cup. Form is extremely irregular suggesting it was hand made. Shoulder ends abruptly on rim wih no neck. Interior is smoothed but no clear indication of a slip. Exterior is slipped, smoothed and very mottled with blackened areas in serveal places. the lower shoulder is decorated with 6 knobs in raised relief. In profile they are semi-circular. This cup and its decor is similar to many other such handmade vessels with decor in raised relief from Tsaghkahovit and Gegharot.

Status
Photo Scan
Variant
Unrestricted / Открытый Сосуд
Mode
Cup / Чашка
Possible Function
Consumption, Sacral, Indeterminate
Preservation
Complete
Extant Parts
Complete
Hardness
Calcite
Inclusions
Coarse Sand
Manufacture
Handmade
Sorting
Poorly Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Smoothed / Выглаженная
Base
Plan
Circular / Круглый
Profile
Flat / Плоский
Diameter
45.3mm
Body
Axis
Inverted Cone / Обратно конич.
Profile
Straight / Прямое
Foot

No characteristics supplied for foot.

Grip Handle

No characteristics supplied for grip handle.

Leg

No characteristics supplied for leg.

Neck
Rim
Applied?
No
Rolled?
No
Axis
Continuous / Прямая
Plan
Circular / Круглый
Shape
Rounded / Закругленный
Diameter
68.3mm
Diameter %
100.0%
Thickness
3.6mm
Shoulder
Axis
Cone / Коническая
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Spout

No characteristics supplied for spout.

Measurements
Height from base to rim
70.0mm
Height from base to body/shoulder break
42.8mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Light Brownish Gray 2.5Y 6/2
Exterior Color
Light Brownish Gray 10YR 6/2
Core Bands
Very Dark Gray 10YR 3/1
Dominant Core Band
1
Decoration
Elements from Top to Bottom
Raised Cones / Конусовидный выступ
Technologies from Top to Bottom
Relief / Рельефный