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Code
Ar/Ab.AB1.12.C.03
Coded on
2004-05-09
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Late Bronze Age / Поздней бронзы
Remarks

Portion from a large, red, unpolished LB jar which was partially excavated in 2006 AND 2008. Pieces of this jar may also be present in AB2 materials. Once all the sherds from this vessel are assembled this record will be updates. The vessel features a large rectangular rim that hangs out over the shoulder slightly. It does not appear to be rolled, but bent down towards the shoulder. The neck is negligible, but present. The decorative schema consists of one register of circumferential comb zigzags, followed by a wavy line register. (The other shoulder sherds from the 2006 excavations and from AB2 may show additional inferior registers on the shoulder). While these ornaments have been rendered on a (slightly reduced-fired, grayed) slipped exterior, the interior has not been slipped and is simply smoothed, showing extensive rotational striations. The interior is highly cracked and shows much of the coarse white temper perforating the surface--it could be calcite, or even Gegharot granite. There is much less perforation of inclusions through the exterior surface. Pyrite perforations are visible in both surfaces. The exterior munsell is actually 7.5YR 6/1, not 5/1. Its reduced character occasionally penetrates into the fabric producing an intermittent blackened core band (not noted above). Breaks are rough. Corrosion is negligible.

Variant
Restricted / Закрытый Сосуд
Mode
Jar / Закрытый Сосуд
Possible Function
Indeterminate
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Rim, Neck, Shoulder
Hardness
Apatite
Inclusions
Very Coarse Sand
Sorting
Poorly Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Smoothed / Выглаженная
Neck
Axis
Conical / Коническая
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Rim
Applied?
No
Rolled?
No
Axis
Outward (protruding) / Отогнутая
Plan
Circular / Круглый
Diameter
350.0mm
Diameter %
15.63%
Thickness
25.94mm
Shoulder
Axis
Cone / Коническая
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Measurements
Length (max)
203.5mm
Width (max)
104.04mm
Thickness
11.1mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Red 2.5YR 5/6
Exterior Color
Gray 7.5YR 5/1
Core Bands
Red 10R 5/8
Decoration
Elements from Top to Bottom
Wavy Line / Волнистая линия
Wavy Line / Волнистая линия
Technologies from Top to Bottom
Comb / Гребень
Relief / Рельефный