12.13.12 Many sherds of an unusual closed, double handled vessel with lobing on the shoulder and spaced, vertical "fluting" on the body. The fluting is not quite formalized fluting, but looks instead like vertical relief furrows rendered from the interior of the vessel in single stroke, as with a thumb. These vertical (slightly angled) furrows do not begun at the base of the pot, but further up, as from the bottom of the lobes and a portion of the body. hard to say how far down they extend since we have no sherds of the base. Pronounced interior horizontal tracks on the body sherds suggest the rotation of a wheel. The lobes are rendered both in relief, through pressure applied on the interior of the vessel, and then further demarcated with a linear or pointed tool. The decorative options above don't allow for accurate description. The neck is made of horizontal fluting, of which two bands are preserved. On the restored portion of the vessel, a substantial part has spalled off, presumably where a handle once joined. Another sherd has the same broken spall effect, suggesting the other handle of the amphora (?). I have not measured measurements because there are so very many sherds of the pot. one quarter of WSAC has yet to be excavated, and it is possible that more of this vessel will be found. It was collected from WSAC2 7, 12, 13, 20, 26 and from WSAC3 14, 18, 19. Took one sherd for INAA. Given to Ruben for drawing. Total sherds, including restored segments: 34. A few rim sherds extant, but do not join. Not enough preserved to measure diameter.
No characteristics supplied for body.
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