75% of a medium-sized, neck-less, restored LB jar, rim-body portion only. The vessel consists of 34 joined sub-fragments and 7 portions of gypsum fill. The vessel rim is continuous from the shoulder, although it is significantly thicker than the shoulder, giving the appearance of a 2.3cm wide collar around the vessel crown. At the r/s break sits a single pinch handle, likely corresponding to a symmetrically placed second handle on the vessel's missing side. The trapezoid is open in its center, creating a shelf under which fingers can rest. Braces attach it to the r/s break and the central shoulder. The decorative schema is located on the rim and shoulder. The rim ornamentation consists of a circumferential, comb-applied register of zigzags with an average frequency of 1.4cm. Below the rim, four sets of double herringbone decorations are placed on the upper shoulder. The herringbones point inferiorly and are "double" because (where totally preserved) they are always present in two stacks, almost touching one another. Each stack consists of 6-8 layers. Usually, but not always, each layer features a left and right (symmetrical) wing. Based on the location of the preserved handle, a second, symmetrically placed handle would make any other herringbone sets improbable. The lower shoulder, below the herringbone ornaments, hosts two circumferential furrows measuring 0.65cm wide on average. While the exterior surface is noted as black and polished above, this is not the case for the shoulder and rim, where the carbon-glass affect appears to have been scraped away during the application of decorative elements. Here the color is Grayish Brown 10YR 5/2, mottled with an occasional Black GY1 2.5/N area or cloud. The entire interior surface and exterior rim and shoulder are densely covered with circumferential rotational striations. The body is not--likely as a result of the carbon gloss treatment. The exterior body has a significant frequency of chips and spalls. In addition to the fine sand noted above, medium sand and pyrite particles are also present in the fabric. All of these inclusion types are visible perforating all surfaces in significant frequencies. Pyrite poppings are visible in moderate frequency on all surfaces. Breaks are rough.
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