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Code
Ar/Ge.T18.3.C.04
Coded on
2011-11-07
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Late Bronze I
Remarks

Probably a pot--difficult to say with such a small fragment and no hint of a shoulder, but this is a very fine ware, a thin-walled vessel with a very hard, compact fabric. The external decoration, a portion of a polish web ornament solidly attributes the vessel to LB1. While the original color was likely darker, the current external surface is light gray where it is not ornamented, perhaps the result of corrosion. It\\\'s impossible to tell from the small sherd. The interior surface also features similar light gray corrosion, but there it covers only 40% of the surface. The internal surface also features rotational striations, mica popping, and the terminus of the external polish which carries over to the internal rim-neck boundary. Rotational striations are also visible in places on the external surface. A strong polish line is also evident on the lateral rim service, right above where it meets the neck. The superior rim surface is abraded, but not extraordinarily so. Breaks are smooth and covered with the same light gray corrosion.

Variant
Indeterminate / неопределенный
Mode
Small Indeterminate / Сосуд
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Rim, Neck
Hardness
Microcline
Inclusions
Very Fine Sand
Sorting
Well Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Polished / Обмаз. Полированная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Neck
Axis
Cylindrical
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Rim
Applied?
No
Rolled?
No
Axis
Outward (protruding) / Отогнутая
Plan
Circular / Круглый
Shape
Rounded / Закругленный
Diameter
340.0mm
Diameter %
2.5%
Thickness
6.8mm
Measurements
Length (max)
29.2mm
Width (max)
20.7mm
Thickness
5.4mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Dark Gray GY1 4/N
Exterior Color
Gray 10YR 6/1
Core Bands
Black GY1 2.5/N; reddish brown 2.5YR 5/3
Decoration
Elements from Top to Bottom
Web Pattern / Сетчатый
Technologies from Top to Bottom
Polish Tool / Лощенный