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Code
Ar/Ge.T17.106.C.07
Coded on
2011-05-07
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Late Bronze I - Iron 1b
Remarks

This is listed here as a body fragment, but without many orienting characteristics could easily be a shoulder fragment. The light brown external surface is covered with firing clouds or burning marks, as external carbon suggests this vessel was in the Gegharot destruction levels. While the compact fabric is dominated by fine sand, there are numerous coarse sand and grit inclusions visible in the breaks and poking through the external and internal surfaces. There are horizontal impressions on the exterior surface, perhaps from a basket or textile. The contrast between the two core elements is so great that there is even slight delamination visible in the breaks, kind of like a KA vessel. 20% of the external surface is covered with black and white corrosion. Breaks are smooth. Mica visible on both surfaces.

Variant
Indeterminate / неопределенный
Mode
Large Indeterminate / Сосуд
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Body
Hardness
Fluorite
Inclusions
Fine Sand
Sorting
Poorly Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Body
Axis
Inverted Cone / Обратно конич.
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Measurements
Length (max)
99.1mm
Width (max)
85.3mm
Thickness
8.5mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Brown 7.5YR 4/4
Exterior Color
Brown 7.5YR 5/4
Core Bands
Weak Red 10R 4/3
Black GY1 2.5/N; reddish brown 2.5YR 5/3