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Code
Ar/Ts.WSH.22.C.20
Recorder
Lori Khatchadourian
Period
Iron 3a: Achaemenid - Iron 3b: Hellenistic
Remarks

11.02.06 A rim to shoulder sherd of a large pithos. The rim is very unusual. It's sharply indended on the interior but then the rim narrows and continues in the inverse cone axis, ending in a rectangular form. So it's as though there is a ledge on the interior of the rim.

Status
Photo Scan, Drawn
Variant
Restricted / Закрытый Сосуд
Mode
Pithos / Карас
Possible Function
Storage, Indeterminate
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Rim, Neck, Shoulder
Hardness
Calcite
Inclusions
Medium Sand
Sorting
Well Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Neck
Axis
Inverted Cone / Обратно конич.
Profile
Concave / Вогнутый
Rim
Applied?
No
Rolled?
No
Axis
Continuous / Прямая
Plan
Circular / Круглый
Diameter
520.0mm
Diameter %
3.0%
Thickness
10.33mm
Shoulder
Axis
Cone / Коническая
Profile
Concave / Вогнутый
Measurements
Length (max)
92.1mm
Width (max)
77.55mm
Thickness
15.22mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Reddish Brown 2.5YR 5/4
Exterior Color
Light Reddish Brown 5YR 6/4
Core Bands
Yellowish Red 5YR 5/6
Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N
Yellowish Red 5YR 5/6