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Code
Ar/Ts.C5.1.C.5
Recorder
Lori Khatchadourian
Period
Iron 2a: Early Urartian - Iron 3b: Hellenistic
Remarks

Fragment of sizeable handle with ridges pressed into it and stepped incisions pressed into the ridges. Recoded 12.14.06. The exterior of the handle has three ridges or furrows with the stepped incisions inside them. Sent for INAA in Feb. 2007.

Status
Photo Scan, Analyzed
Variant
Restricted / Закрытый Сосуд
Mode
Jar / Закрытый Сосуд
Possible Function
Indeterminate
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Grip handle
Hardness
Calcite
Inclusions
Coarse Sand
Manufacture
Indeterminate / неопределенный
Sorting
Poorly Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Grip Handle
Axis
Vertical / Вертикальная
Cross-Section
Oval / Овальная
Form
Ridged / Канелированная
Profile
Bowed / Луковидная
Measurements
Length (max)
62.0mm
Width (max)
34.36mm
Thickness
6.72mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Grayish Brown 10YR 5/2
Exterior Color
Grayish Brown 10YR 5/2
Core Bands
Dark grayish brown 10 YR 4/2
Decoration
Technologies from Top to Bottom
Press Tool / Вдавленный