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Code
Ar/Ts.WSH.29.C.05
Coded on
2012-06-20
Recorder
Lori Khatchadourian
Period
Iron 3a: Achaemenid
Remarks

A red-burnished sherd of a probable protomed handle. But orientation is rather uncertain and it's quite possible that this sherd doesn't belong to a vessel at all. It has two projections, both broken, that project outward and emerge off of two subtle but discernible relief elements that run vertically (?) down the handle. Oddly, above or beyond the projections is another plane of the vessel that is not (or not clearly) a rim, or to allow for that would require orienting the handle so that it projects straight off the rim and the projections angle upwards from the rim. Highly unusual sherd.

This sherd was previously coded as a CO (Ar/Ts.WSH.29.CO.01) but LK changed it to C on 6/20/12 so that it could be fully coded. Sending for INAA.

Variant
Indeterminate / неопределенный
Mode
Large Indeterminate / Сосуд
Possible Function
Consumption, Indeterminate
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Grip handle
Hardness
Calcite
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Burnished / Обмаз. Лощеная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Burnished / Обмаз. Лощеная
Grip Handle

No characteristics supplied for grip handle.

Measurements
Length (max)
56.52mm
Width (max)
69.72mm
Thickness
23.03mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Red 10R 4/6
Exterior Color
Red 10R 4/6